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: even for the most abominable serial killer, the prevailing "culture of excuse" jumps to scrutinize the difficult childhood, the broken family, the traumas -- but Roman Polanski would be the only person in the world under judicial jurisdiction not to have the right to any kind of attenuating circumstance ...

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed , Shakesville 2009

: even for the most abominable serial killer, the prevailing "culture of excuse" jumps to scrutinize the difficult childhood, the broken family, the traumas -- but Roman Polanski would be the only person in the world under judicial jurisdiction not to have the right to any kind of attenuating circumstance ...

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

Political and religious divides now reinforce one another, rather than cutting across and thus attenuating the divisions.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Now, we may face problems with high level oscillations during tail-off, requiring either attenuating springs in the stack, or the use of mass dampers, both of which add mass, which cuts the thrust/mass ratio, etc., etc.

Leroy Chiao Seeks Your Input - NASA Watch 2009

But the general's presence in Kabul, as opposed to the Central Command headquarters in Tampa, could make him a far more forceful voice for attenuating the drawdown, if he chooses to make that case.

Gen. David Petraeus says Afghanistan war strategy 'fundamentally sound' 2010

But the general's presence in Kabul, as opposed to the Central Command headquarters in Tampa, could make him a far more forceful voice for attenuating the drawdown, if he chooses to make that case.

Gen. David Petraeus says Afghanistan war strategy 'fundamentally sound' 2010

Fast-forward to the present and Batelle has observed that "web search as a pure signal has been attenuating of late -- overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of data on the web, for one, and secondly by our own increasingly complicated expectations."

Penny Herscher: The Latest Web Search Development: From Intentions to Insights 2010

Second, reputational capital is tied to PMCs rather than to particular individuals, attenuating the consequences for individuals of probity violations.

David Isenberg: How Shall We Understand PMC? Let Us Count the Transaction Cost Dynamic Ways 2010

Central Command headquarters in Tampa, could make him a far more forceful voice for attenuating the drawdown if he chooses to make that case.

Gen. David Petraeus says Afghanistan war strategy 'fundamentally sound' 2010

Fast-forward to the present and Batelle has observed that "web search as a pure signal has been attenuating of late -- overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of data on the web, for one, and secondly by our own increasingly complicated expectations."

Penny Herscher: The Latest Web Search Development: From Intentions to Insights 2010