Word: undercutting
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...Restraints. In pirating the Pueblo, Kim knew that discomfiting the U.S. would also undercut South Kore an President Park-and thought that the risk was worth it. Risks are, of course, a relative matter. A hypermil-itant, fanatical minipower such as North Korea does not feel the restraints that are imposed upon the Soviet Union or the U.S. It has no interest in maintaining the tradition of freedom of the seas for its own minuscule coastal navy, nor does it carry the burden of an atomic arsenal. Past masters of propaganda, the North Koreans can be expected to wring...
...fled to Rome last December after his abortive coup. From now on, the junta will be able to conduct the business of state just like any other government, and the junta-appointed regent will be recognized as head of state by other nations until the King returns. The action undercut King Constantine's bargaining position with the junta, but he kept silent...
...ceremonial trappings of tribal influence have been minimized. But since this has not changed its central importance in the daily routine, the primary result has been to keep most people politically passive. The government remains irrevelant. This remoteness, in the long run, may tend to undercut stability as much as regional friction...
...Israelis have tried not to disrupt Arab life unnecessarily, but there is no mistaking the fact that they are there as conquerors, not as friends. Arab farmers on the West Bank of the Jordan have been forbidden to sell their crops in Israeli markets for fear that they might undercut Israel's farm prices, which are on average 25% higher. Instead, they have been quietly permitted to export their produce to Jordan; a temporary bridge has been built next to the war-wrecked Allenby Bridge to allow Arab trucks to cross over to collect such produce...
Though these quotas are not adhered to strictly, "if you go over the quota in one docket, it's painful when you have to undercut another," Peterson says...