1.   As crime fears have diminished, students and parentsare giving more thought to universities with city campuses that only five years ago would have been dismissed as unsafe.

2.   But among South African investors, who have seen how widely the pro-market gospel now permeates government ranks, that fear has greatly diminished.

3.   His fear diminished in the next several weeks.

4.   The fear has diminished a bit over the years, as each brother has acquired the security of a family.

5.   Through yoga, he said, participants learn to enjoy working out and their fear of exercise diminishes.

6.   Those fears are diminishing, especially as Asian markets rebound.

7.   Those fears are diminishing, especially as Asian markets rebounded.

8.   South Korean terrorism fears have gradually diminished, however, with fewer confrontations and more dialogue with its northern neighbor.

9.   That fear has diminished only slightly.

10.   Though terrorism fears have diminished with fewer confrontations and more dialogue over the years, North Korea is still on a U.S. list of nations suspected of sponsoring terrorism.