Word: undercutting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What steamed the Senator was statements in the press release contending that Dole is "mean-spirited" and practices "cronyism," a reference to recent accusations that he might have improperly helped a former aide obtain a federal contract. The Bush campaign handout also attempted to undercut the Senator's down-home image by portraying Dole and his wife Elizabeth as "millionaires," and by repeating past suggestions that a blind trust for Mrs. Dole might have been mismanaged...
...hard-line comandantes were in deep disagreement. Last week brought new evidence of strains. As Ortega decreed an end to the state of emergency, five more opposition members were arrested, bringing to twelve the number detained and released in the past two weeks. The arrests may have embarrassed and undercut Ortega, and were said to be the work of one of the directorate's toughest ideologues, Interior Minister Tomas Borge...
...Clinton is ducking Dukakis. After shying from a presidential bid of his own, boyish Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton told his friend and preferred candidate Michael Dukakis that he would seriously consider endorsing him, and might even take a top post with his campaign. That would have helped undercut Albert Gore's claim as the South's favorite son, something both Clinton and Dukakis would not mind. It would also have enhanced, if Dukakis were to get the nomination, Clinton's objective to be the convention keynote speaker. But as Dukakis, in a hotel room surrounded by aides, was preparing...
...administration contends that Ortega's offer to restore suspended civil liberties is merely a smokescreen designed to undercut the U.S.-backed Contras and fool Congress as a vote nears on renewing military...
...Reagan administration has announced its intention to request a renewal of aid on Jan. 26, and top administration officials have dismissed Ortega's promises at a weekend regional summit in Costa Rica as a ploy to fool Congress and undercut the rebels, who have become Reagan's top foreign policy priority...