Word: undercutting
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...shocked and disappointed." He had planned to fight for Nixon on the House floor. "We'd have got some votes too. The President would have gone to the Senate not in all that bad shape." But now Dennis was convinced that Nixon's "lack of frankness" had undercut his case and that he was impeachable under Article I as a member of the cover-up conspiracy. Angry at having been "led down the primrose path" by Nixon, Dennis said that he and his colleagues were not mad at St. Clair since, "we knew he'd been...
Parkhurst's bill would reclassify owner/operators, while driving their own trucks, as having unlimited operating rights for interstate commerce. It would not allow them to undercut established rates; competition would have to be on the basis of service provided...
Moscow's pique is understandable. The predominant role in the Arab world that the Soviets created at a cost of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance during the past two decades has been dramatically undercut by Henry Kissinger's dazzling diplomatic tour de force and by the change in perspective on the part of several Arab leaders, notably Egypt's Anwar Sadat...
Besides the scheduling conflicts, Northeastern should pose the biggest obstacle for Harvard's city title hopes. The Huskies topped the Crimson 60-58 in a disputed dual meet contest early in the year, and they have the talent to undercut Harvard's heavy field advantage...
...houses." He was greeted by warm applause from Third World delegates, who disregarded the fact that their poor nations are being hurt much worse than the industrialized countries by the rise in oil prices. Boumedienne appeared to be trying, all too successfully, to distract attention from that fact and undercut U.S. efforts to weld oil-burning nations into a bloc that could press for lower prices...