Word: undercutting
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...States--can Nasser retreat. It would be foolhardy for him to provoke war with all these powers. The Soviet Union, which has encouraged him thus far, would not follow him into war against the U.S. in a situation where none of the Soviets' vital interests are involved. Nasser could undercut domestic opposition by launching another virulent propaganda campaign against "Zionist" elements in the U.S. and other Western countries...
...priest, welfare worker and justice of the peace all in one. When the Chinese were thrown out, the forms remained and took root in an almost feudal system of loyalty to locality. But with the coming of the French in the 19th century, village autonomy was gradually undercut, and in 1954 President Diem eliminated it altogether, placing village government under officials appointed in Saigon...
...other words, the impact of much of what Goldberg does or tries to do seems to have been undercut by his superiors in Washington. Perhaps this should be interpreted as an encouraging sign, since it indicates that those who urge that a negotiated settlement be America's top priority in Vietnam are occasionally allowed a public platform. But the irreconcilables always seem to get the last word...
More than 130 years ago, DeTocqueville observed that the tendency of Americans to form voluntary associations was one of the strengths of our democracy. Yet the value of such groups, as well as the opinion of them held abroad, is severely undercut if government agencies operating in the dark even appear to have a chance to control them...
...Delight. All that will help Europe revive its money markets. Their present weakness not only helps to raise the cost of borrowing throughout Europe but indirectly contributes to a host of other problems, from industrial inefficiency to the technology gap. In freeing gold and the franc, De Gaulle also undercut the deeply ingrained instinct that has made France a nation of hoarders and smugglers. Restrictions on money leaving the country had sharpened the Gallic impulse to spirit cash into secret Swiss bank accounts or bury gold in gardens and mattresses. Les hirondelles, the friendly black marketeers, could scarcely believe what...