1.   The company is trying to lessen the impact of the oil spill on Marine life.

2.   The Hydro Board were playing tunes with their dams, and did a great deal to lessen the impact by holding back as much water as they could.

3.   As a model, they cite Pima County, which includes Tucson and requires developers to find ways to lessen the impact on archeological sites.

4.   Automakers are offering low-rate financing on many models to lessen the impact.

5.   A discussion of how to lessen the impact of such a tax on the poor will be put off until a national conference on families in March.

6.   A playoff lessens the impact of those games.

7.   A provision authored by Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., was designed to lessen the impact of Medicare cuts to hospitals for outpatient services.

8.   But company officials said FedEx was able to adjust its sorting times and delivery schedules and divert some aircraft to lessen the impact.

9.   But investors should remember that although energy sector funds try to lessen the impact of falling oil and natural gas prices, they cannot completely escape the fallout.

10.   But none of this history lessens the impact on travelers when prices start to pull ahead again.