As a result,there is a reduction in the number of nodes,or joints, that produce groups of flowers along stems.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

In other words, the reduction of excitation is obviously something that the pleasure principle is all about.

换句话说快乐原则关注的不就是,减少兴奋吗？

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Dr.Fauci says earlier treatment led to a ninety-six percent reduction in the spread of HIV to uninfected partners.

VOA: special.2011.05.18

He says the team will now study whether female partners of the men in the study experienced any reduction of risk of the diseases.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Experts say a reduction of only four or five percent in body water leads to a drop of twenty to thirty percent in work ability.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

"If they do both, they have an 89 percent reduction in the risk of developing breast cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

If they drink three cups of green tea, three times a week, they also have a 50 percent reduction in the risk of developing breast cancer."

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"A recent study in China found that women who eat mushrooms three times a week have a 50 percent reduction in the risk of developing breast cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), signed in 1991,expired in December, and President Obama set the goal of achieving a new treaty as one of his major priorities.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

"About 48 percent of this reduction was associated with improvements in risk factors, so for instance there was a reduction in blood pressure and total cholesterol, (and) in smoking."

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

Speakers called for promotion of a welfare state, free education,tax reform, and a reduction in excessive spending in areas such as the military and the promotion of labor politics.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

"What we found is that women who received the acupuncture for depression had a greater reduction in symptom severity and a greater proportion of women have responded to treatment than the control groups."

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

Secretary Clinton, who is due to leave Russia on Thursday, praised the cooperation between the two countries on other issues, including the renegotiation of the current Strategic Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty which expires in December.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"At a per-passenger-mile basis, rail is about three times as efficient as travel by car, in terms of fuel efficiency, and six times as efficient as travel by air, so there are pretty substantial pollution reduction benefits both in terms of greenhouse gases and other pollutants."

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

"Development is a right and that should continue but that perhaps paths where there could be a reconciliation of the objective of poverty reduction, enhanced standards of living, a life of greater dignity in developing countries can be reconciled with climate objectives by shifting the sources of energy away from the fossil fuels to the cleaner and lower carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01