"Regardless of effectiveness, the mere presence and willingness to fight has reduced pressure on the Afghan side, " Gates told the Armed Services Committee.
Jassem Saadoun, a Kuwaiti economist, observes that in the past, higher oil revenues have reduced pressure on governments to push through badly-needed reforms.
The wedges increased the forward tilt of the pelvis, which reduced pressure on the lower lumbar discs and the muscular effort required to maintain good posture, researchers said.
Gazprom blamed Ukraine, saying it needed to pay market prices, and insisted that the reduced pressure to Europe was the result of illegal siphoning of gas in Ukraine.
That reduced pressure on wild ones.
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But the rise of a thriving secondary market in shares of private companies has reduced the pressure for liquidity events for venture-backed Valley startups, and business success has reduced the need for big capital infusions.
But they have not reduced the pressure of pulling on the continent's most famous shirts.
Its patented reduced-pressure distillation system can reportedly convert 10 liters of seawater into 3.7 liters of fresh water.
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The first is this month's election, which has greatly strengthened Mr Gore and reduced the pressure to pander ceaselessly.
Due to the amount of water needed, residents have been left with reduced water pressure and, at times, no water.
Anti-poaching units in the Serengeti have reduced poaching pressure in the park.
High oil and gas revenues have reduced the pressure on the government and private sector to increase competitiveness, but expropriation of assets owned by foreigners remains a possibility.
Barack Obama's outreach to Muslims, and America's intent to withdraw from Iraq, have reduced the pressure on clerics to posture as tough defenders of the faith who excuse jihadism.
Since then, the United States has reduced the pressure on Hosni Mubarak for real democratic reforms, in part because it regards him as a reliable ally and guarantor of stability in the Middle East. (Egypt receives almost two billion dollars a year in U.S. military and development aid.) During a January, 2007, visit to Egypt, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered nothing but praise for Mubarak.
Germany's better performance also relied on ever-stingier unemployment benefits, which increased labour supply and reduced upward wage pressure.
If the gas pressure is reduced, it is a clear sign that leakage is occurring.
During Friday morning the reduced service put extra pressure on the Tube network.
Microsoft are already feeling the pressure from Google as Google Docs reduced the demand for the Office product suite, and that pressure is going to continue.
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Problems eating solids can lead to malnutrition and secondary problems such as reduced resistance to infection and pressure sore risk.
With greater awareness and political will this pressure could be reduced.
The Welshman then missed his next attempt before a sustained spell of Bath forward pressure allowed Mercer to reduced the arrears to three points, but Heathcote was unable to convert.
Vicente del Bosque's side have still not clicked in South Africa - and the South Americans put them under real pressure before being controversially reduced to 10 men just before half-time in Pretoria.
Only by standing up for effective and enforced multilateral export controls can this country and its allies continue to obtain the benefits COCOM has provided to date in terms of reduced Western defense costs and increased pressure for domestic reform within the Soviet bloc.
Energy costs are greatly reduced by using outgoing effluent to help pressure incoming seawater.
If QE successfully reduced government-borrowing costs, the pressure for ever-stricter austerity measures would ease marginally.
This cap will gradually be reduced, which, in turn, will pressure businesses to reduce their output of greenhouse gases.
The region's social work services committee heard concerns increasing demand and reduced spending would put the service under growing pressure.
During the accumulation season, sublimation is reduced because of a low gradient of vapour pressure and the energy supplied by radiation is directly consumed by melting, explaining why discharge is high.
State and local budgets are under extreme pressure right now and its showing in reduced purchases of textbooks and other education materials.
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