1.   Behind such defiance is profound concern that the changes would ultimately diminish the quality of health care and life for a population left vulnerable by old age.

2.   Bloomberg said the change would diminish what he asserted was the coercive influence of the Democratic and Republican politics on city government.

3.   But many of the applicants said these changes had not diminished the allure of a city job.

4.   But urban states argue that changes will diminish Medicare HMO services for their people.

5.   Civil-rights groups, however, worried that such a change would diminish the number of blacks, Asians or American Indians in official government counts.

6.   That change will diminish the need for the case management workers at the hotels, he said.

7.   Urban states argue that changes will diminish Medicare HMO services for their people.

8.   You will need to be able to provide clear and compelling reasons that prove the changes have somehow diminished your report.