1.   But diluting the quality of the performer does nothing to protect the Olympic ideal.

2.   They would dilute the quality of his product, blunting a competitive edge.

3.   By the same token, though, there would be no tendency to dilute player quality.

4.   Further expansion would dilute the quality of play.

5.   The fact that they cannot join with other family members removes one pressure to dilute group quality.

6.   The secret to riches, the bean counters discovered, was to dilute the quality of the product to the point of irrelevance.

7.   This raises a question of how Medicare beneficiaries will be affected when larger and more comprehensive programs are forced to ration service and dilute quality.