Word: impair
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will be removed from an already shaky system. But, as school superintendent William Lannon and Cambridge mayor Francis H. Duehay '55 have pointed out, the city is caught in a double bind. If taxes are raised too much, it may add further fuel to the tax-cutting fires and impair the city's ability to meet its citizens' needs even further...
Committee members agreed that the law would discriminate against educational institutions, impair the right to contract and perhaps violate the due process clause of the Constitution, the source said...
...form sulfuric and nitric acids. The acids then fall to earth in the form of rain or snow that can damage anything from monuments to living organisms. After a number of such rain showers or highly acidic snow melts, a lake's pH* can plunge low enough to impair the egg-producing ability of fish. Decomposition of organic matter slows, probably because of a loss of scavenging microorganisms. The number of plankton falls off sharply, depleting a vital link in the food chain. Finally, the water appears blue, clear-and virtually lifeless...
...future costs of the appointment should also be considered. The HIID, and possibly Harvard as well, will have trouble recruiting people eminent in the field of development, especially outside economics. Harberger's appointment could seriously impair the University's ability to lead the field of development into new, more fruitful directions...