The researchers think this lessening of friction may occur among the grains in granular flows, such as snow cascading down a mountainside. |
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Also, some coaches are lessening the fall impact of injuries by scheduling spring practice earlier. |
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Instead, however, of their laughter lessening, the cachinnations became so violent that I began to feel seriously alarmed. |
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The gap opened quickly, not that there was ever any lessening in Radcliffe's effort. |
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These can be linked to the user's Facebook, increasing the shareability and lessening the chance of missing someone pivotal on the list. |
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The two horns cushioning him from the impact, as his opponent reeled back, his force lessening. |
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Frank exhaled, feeling a lessening of the tension that had been knotting his stomach muscles all week. |
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It is a labour intensive business, but Lisa says as they are getting more established and organized the workload seems to be lessening. |
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A three-year courtship enabled them to paint realistic portraits of one another, lessening the chances of a rude awakening after marriage. |
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Reliance on folk medicine has been lessening, and modern medicine with physicians, nurses, clinics, pharmacies, and sanatoria is the norm. |
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In fact, it would be a fair point to state that mandatory seating in Premier League stadia has played a role in lessening trouble in the stands. |
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Social disapproval of ethnic exogamy is lessening, though the government unofficially discourages it. |
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It is whether America wants four more years of the Republican philosophy of reducing government and lessening regulations. |
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Now 72, she says she has been graced with great genes and is experiencing no lessening in her energy. |
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I think we could all agree that there is a growing concentration of ownership and a lessening of concern for individual workers and customers. |
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Edison's father Eucalyptus once remarked that if Lulu succumbed to her scurvy pox no one would even know but for the lessening of her complaints for hard tack and goat milk. |
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Green buildings can contribute to lessening the heat island effect, as can open spaces. |
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Turkey's compliance with these requirements will, of course, also bring about an obvious lessening of tensions between Turkey and Armenia. |
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In the very long term, however, there may be a lessening of reliance on these products. |
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While job losses per month may be lessening, there is a stunning dearth of new job creation. |
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It is effective for shrinking skin pores, lessening thread veins and repairing telangiectasia. |
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Such measures could be key to lessening the burden on taxpayers, on those who benefit from various government programs. |
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People will use their cars less as a result, reducing air pollution, decreasing traffic congestion and lessening peak period demands on public transport. |
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Admitting to a doping past is Armstrong's first step towards lessening his lifetime ban from cycling. |
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Another method described in an ancient text is sugar-candy taken with rice-wash in the form of a linctus to produce sterility in a woman without lessening her passion. |
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A sloped base plate would have allowed a more gradual transition between the two rails, lessening this effect. |
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The presence of food in the stomach slows down the rate of absorption, thereby lessening blood-sugar swings. |
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Mitigation refers to the process of the lessening or limiting of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters. |
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Parliament amended laws to shift the balance in favour of assumptions thus lessening the burden of proof of the prosecutor. |
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For eight years they never demanded any lessening of carbon-dioxide emissions and allowed arsenic to remain in the drinking water of millions of Americans. |
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Taking out loans, tax deductions and increasing efficiency are all mentioned as means of lessening the financial burdens of accommodation. |
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A drip pad is placed under the patient's nose and is held in place by a nonadhesive holder that loops around the ears, lessening skin irritation. |
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As the media emphasised on the second anniversary of the tsunami, the task of lessening the consequences of the disaster is far from over, and long-term economic prospects remain hazy. |
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Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities. |
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A major climatic recession occurred, lessening the heavy and persistent rains in Central and Eastern Africa. |
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There is a lessening of the value of the observation of the discharge if the woman is expected to place her individual observation into a predesigned standardized category. |
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Secondly, we need to introduce measures aimed at lessening the social costs of a relocation through actions designed to promote the training and reskilling of workers in the regions hit by restructuring. |
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Significantly, seven Latin American countries created the Bank of the South almost on the same day as the summit, as a means of emancipating themselves from the IMF and of lessening inequalities in their region. |
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It might lead to a lessening of the emphasis on audacious creativity and strategic bloody-mindedness that, although it may not redound to the common good, can lead to acts of brilliance that change us all. |
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A prepared statement that can be immediately distributed to the media is one practical means of lessening the flow of unsolicited clothing to a disaster area. |
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China is also experiencing growth in coal liquefaction as a way of utilising the country's enormous reserves of coal and lessening dependence on imported oil. |
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To be sure, the sun is experiencing a very quiet period, lessening the solar magnetosphere. |
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In 2008, it separated the bodybuilding and weight lifting federations, lessening the decidedly unfeminine imagery attached to lifting compared with that of bodybuilding's hulking muscles and popping veins. |
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Fed by ideology, opportunity and the ready availability of frustrated young men holding their lives cheap the conflagration shows no signs of abating or lessening in its depravity. |
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A quickening in the pace of economic and financial integration, combined with a lessening of confidence by Euro. citizens in European institutions, represents a dangerous scenario for the future of the European Union. |
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Moreover, the percentage of women who were married under the age of 15 increases with the woman's age, heralding a lessening trend among the younger generations. |
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From the 10th week, your need to urinate will become less frequent, as the uterus begins to rise in the abdominal cavity, lessening the pressure on your bladder. |
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Divorce rates were already slowly inching up in the 19th century as the result of secularization trends, the liberalization of norms concerning individual choice, and the lessening of religious influence. |
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And the brutality shows no sign of lessening. |
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Another is to shape the vessel's stern in a way that stops air being sucked into the propeller, where it would reduce thrust by lessening the propeller's grip on the water. |
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The state agency Proinversión aims to cover the growing demand for energy in the southern system of the country while also lessening overload on the lines. |
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These substitute fuels are of particular importance both to the security of energy supply and to lessening the impact of transport on the environment. |
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And the smooth, progressive steering reduces sensitivity as truck speed increases, lessening the chances of instability when making sharp turns at speed. |
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The Bureau continued to review mergers and acquisitions and challenge the few that resulted in a substantial lessening or prevention of competition. |
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With each new energy-efficient investment, Minto is making their buildings greener and growing their real estate portfolio while lessening their environmental footprint. |
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Are the mechanisms credible when it comes to lessening disparities? |
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The forward inertia of the locomotives might have kept the front portion of the train stretched, lessening the risk and consequences of the derailment. |
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This notion that somehow there is any lessening of that special relationship is misguided. |
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They may also consider themselves in a good position to negotiate conditions of work that meet their needs, lessening the need for employment regulation. |
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As a result, several changes have been implemented and we are especially committed to pursuing these efforts thanks to a committee devoted to lessening our ecological footprint formed five years ago. |
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Finally, Joan Kelly argued that the Renaissance led to greater gender dichotomy, lessening the agency women had had during the Middle Ages. |
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Some species may aggregate in groups, enhancing vigilance and lessening the risk of predation for individuals, particularly for juveniles. |
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The Middle Ages brought a new way of thinking and a lessening on the taboo of dissection. |
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In stormy weather, holes in the prow would partially fill with water when the ship pitched forward, thus lessening the violent turbulence caused by waves. |
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In the 20th century, the world saw the biggest increase in its population in human history due to lessening of the mortality rate in many countries due to medical advances. |
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This linked England more closely with continental Europe through the introduction of a Norman aristocracy, thereby lessening Scandinavian influence. |
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One might even describe a monitored feedback loop that permits one to sense when insufficient loving is returning from the lovee, causing a lessening of the lover's efforts. |
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Within housing categories, larger, family-size residences of three bedrooms or more are among the strongest segments, with no lessening of demand in sight. |
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Our aim is to reeducate the people in lessening traffic congestion and air pollution by using bicycles and by commuting instead on foot, the official added. |
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