Word: undercut
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of the charges springing up in courts have a dubious basis in science. There is no evidence that the AIDS virus has ever been spread through saliva. In a case that involves biting or spitting, that can certainly undercut a prosecutor's attempts to prove a charge of attempted murder. A more realistic threat, however, is represented by infected prostitutes or by someone who knowingly sells or donates his or her AIDS-tainted blood. In such cases, what should...
...Soviet news agency Tass, however, said U.S. allegations of Soviet espionage were a "cock-and-bull story" and that the Pentagon came up with the "spy scare" in an effort to undercut the State Department...
...archipelagic powerhouse has conquered world markets in textiles, television sets, steel and automobiles. In each case, the problem was supposedly solved by the imposition of controls on Japanese exports to the U.S. But the imbalance has become worse, creating a climate -- at least in Washington -- that threatens to undercut the much broader mutuality of interest that binds the U.S. and Japan. Says an Administration official: "It really is a problem of perception. The Japanese are seen as being unfair...
...White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater described last week's meeting between British Labor Party Leader Neil Kinnock and President Ronald Reagan. "Cool tending toward frosty" might have been more apt. The President criticized Labor's call for British nuclear disarmament, saying it not only hurt NATO but "undercut our negotiating position at Geneva...
Definitely not. First, the Administration has undercut the legitimacy the proposed new body might ever hope to achieve, if implemented, by trying to coerce student support. That is just what Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence was doing when he threatened to scrap disciplinary reform altogether if the current proposal is rejected. Second, the substance of the proposal itself leaves much to be desired. Like the CRR, for instance, the new board is empowered to conduct business as usual even if all of its undergraduate members were to boycott any of its meetings...