Word: undercutting
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...restricts it to one group of characters, primarily the downtrodden landlords, Raevskaya (Marilyn Pitzele), her brother Gaev (Bro Uttal) and their adopted daughter Varya (Janet Leslie). The style becomes part of the dramatic action of the production. It is a hot house aristocratic style of life and acting; constantly undercut on one side by a rude bourgeois frankness (played with 20th century realism) and on the other by a broad comedy, which is often the symbol and mockery of unclutered peasant bumpkinry...
...cartridges as well as cassettes-is progressing rapidly and unpredictably. Some segments of the U.S. record industry, led by Columbia, Capitol and especially RCA Victor, are still betting heavily on cartridges, partly because they fear that the cassettes' potential as a home recording device would tend to undercut disk sales. On the other hand, many industry sources privately agree with the prediction of Rein Narma, consumer-products manager for Ampex, which markets all three types of tape. "We believe very strongly," says Narma, "that the cassette will be the eventual surviving tape format, and it is possible that within...
Bryant and his colleagues are left in a delicate position by the sluggish official progress of their recommendations. They are anxious to spread their view of the needs of American research libraries, but relucant to undercut the punch of the report by speculating what the Commission should say. The report may call for federally supported regional research centers, and Harvard would of course be a logical location for a New England center. But the legislation for such a project can't be considered until the Commission's report is released...
...United States, were unable to provide them with the one thing which they thought they could get, security in the cities. Every major city in South Vietnam was broached. Every major city was invaded and attacked, sometimes by small groups, sometimes by much larger ones. If you want to undercut the authority of the government, if you want to undercut confidence in it, this was done with real ferocity...
Some of Giap's political aims were evident: to embarrass the U.S. and undercut the authority of the South Vietnamese government, to frighten urban South Vietnamese and undermine pacification in the countryside, to give the impression to the U.S. public that the war is in a stalemate. Some U.S. officials also see the offensive as a prelude to North Viet Nam's coming to the conference table, aimed at enhancing Hanoi's hand in negotiations...