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  • Lessening a dependence on air power has helped reduce the number of civilians killed mistakenly by NATO or Afghan forces.

    Afghanistan plan entails more than troops 2009

  • His latest work, The Lessening Of Difference, is marked by the input of writer David Charles Manners, a remarkable polyglot who's been an actor, stage designer and author of the bestselling book In The Shadow Of Crows.

    This week's new theatre and dance 2011

  • Lessening inequality, reining in the power of the military, increasing access to education for society's poorest members, have all been at the root of their success, and have brought them increased prestige on the global stage.

    Mark Levine: Nowhere Left to Run? Mark Levine 2010

  • Lessening inequality, reining in the power of the military, increasing access to education for society's poorest members, have all been at the root of their success, and have brought them increased prestige on the global stage.

    Mark Levine: Nowhere Left to Run? Mark Levine 2010

  • Lessening the hardships that borrowers face in repaying loans by making repayment of loans contingent on income, for example.

    Director's Blog » Blog Archive » Costs and Policy Options for Federal Student Loan Programs 2010

  • Lessening the number of poor in the world will can undermine the "market" for human trafficking.

    Rabbi Steve Gutow: Bound Together: Contemporary Slavery and Global Poverty 2010

  • Lessening inequality, reining in the power of the military, increasing access to education for society's poorest members, have all been at the root of their success, and have brought them increased prestige on the global stage.

    Mark Levine: Nowhere Left to Run? Mark Levine 2010

  • Lessening worries about Dubai's debt problems, it seems, behind this rally.

    CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2009 2009

  • Lessening the Impact The government's $168 billion economic-stimulus program, largely built around tax-rebate checks, is lessening some of the impact of the current shock.

    Gasoline Hits Average of $4 a Gallon 2008

  • High school Lessening the danger from landmines -- a Danish scientist has a novel new way to detect deadly explosives with a weed.

    CNN Transcript May 29, 2007 2007

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