1.   At the Australian Open, Hingis was able to dilute the power of Williams, but they have not met since.

2.   A new voting system has diluted the power of any Israeli government.

3.   Detractors, including several prominent African-American leaders such as Mason, say their children will be unwanted and their power will be diluted in a countywide system.

4.   Feldstein argues for diluting European power by dealing with governments there separately, not as a union.

5.   In particular, the critics said, it failed to dilute the powers of the president, and in fact entrenched many of them.

6.   It is not in their interests to dilute their power.

7.   Others said the effort was a veiled way of trying to dilute the power of the presidency.

8.   Siladjdzic forced a confrontation on the issue by resigning, saying that his power was being diluted.

9.   The addition of a Russian would appear to be intended to dilute the power of the one existing deputy, Charles Duelfer, an American.

10.   The department reviewed the law to determine whether it violated the rights of minority voters by diluting the power of the elected boards.