Word: undercutting
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...space extravaganza is ahead. But Russia has never done much more than tell the world of its space successes-via verbal reports-and last week's Cape Canaveral launching was seen by millions overseas via Telstar television. It was a display of free world candor and confidence that undercut the post facto reports of Soviet achievements...
...Kennedy. These observers see his present strategy as an attempt to appeal to traditional Republican strongholds such as the Middle West and to make inroads in the normally Democratic south. But the two most consistent aspects of his appeal, his strong internationalism and his liberal stand on civil rights, undercut this argument. The former hardly seems calculated to endear him to Middle Western isolationists, and the latter is certainly not the best method of attracting Southern support...
...they are priced out of the market on many items and are forced to ship a third of their freight at a loss. For example, the rates on Army and Navy ammunition and supplies are so high (they produce 500 per cent profit) the trucking industry is able to undercut them...
Liberal critics have attacked the provision that would allow Corpsmen to undertake projects in an area only at the request of local officials. The critics claim this might undercut the effectiveness of the program in the South, where local officials would be unlikely to ask for projects in Negro areas...
Rodolfo Jose Cardenas, a young leader of the Venezuelan Christian Democratic Party, last night attributed recent guerrilla disturbances and sabotage in Venezuela to extremists and Castro elements "who do not have popular support." He said that social progress and the land reform program had helped undercut extremists throughout the country...