Word: impair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more with Ford, so that there was no misunderstanding. He understood, he told the President, that events could make it necessary for him to resign to prevent Ford's political defeat. Kissinger was ready and willing on signal. And he would do it so that it would not impair the continuity of America's foreign policy. Just what signal Ford would give Kissinger is a greater secret than what the Secretary talks about in the Kremlin. But the understanding between President and Secretary is complete...
...hope this will insure the continued existence of the journal," Epps said, adding that he doesn't expect the competition to seriously impair the Advocate's ability...
TIME neglected the vital matter of fuel reserves. British Airways admits that the plane's fuel reserves are so low as to impair "regularity [and] punctuality of operation, especially to New York and Washington," but says that "if, in order to improve regularity of direct service to New York, holding fuel is increased by 15 minutes," payload will have to be reduced...
Defense Minister Shimon Peres, who maintains that the Arabs plan to spend $14 billion of their petrodollars on arms, wanted at least $560 million more than Rabinowitz was prepared to give him. Chief of Staff Mordecai Gur said serious cuts in defense spending might impair Israel's "chance to win a clear victory in a new war within a reasonable time." But some Israeli doves, who have been relatively silent since the October War, surfaced to protest that line of reasoning. Argued Jacob Arnon, a former Finance Ministry director: "There comes a point when defense spending becomes so enormous...
Much of the blame for bureaucratic slackness rests with the public-service unions whose rigid rules impair productivity. It takes yards of red tape and constant bickering to shift anyone to another department or category. Only by sweetening fringe benefits three years ago could the city persuade the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association to allow more men to be put on the streets during the high-crime shift from 4 p.m. to midnight...