1.   Because it would be a sin for time to diminish them or downplay the passions that led to their loss.

2.   CHRIS DUDLEY, who was acquired to be the primary backup and injury safety net for PATRICK EWING, has watched his playing time diminish in his contract year.

3.   Dawe demanded a trade when his playing time diminished.

4.   The heroes of that war find their ranks diminished by time and chance, the debt owed them never fully paid.

5.   There is a sense these days that the pressure is mounting for young female athletes, and that the great times are diminishing as the stakes grow.

6.   Time has not diminished its power to evoke wonder.

7.   Askew, whose playing time has diminished greatly in the finals, also missed a practice in Utah during the Western Conference Finals.

8.   Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has not let the current economic hard times diminish his belief that a high-technology revolution is making American companies much more productive.

9.   In early Tokyo trading, the dollar moved in a narrow range as prospects that the U.S. Federal Reserve will move to cut interest rates any time soon diminished.