Word: undercutting
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Behind the hype—whether justified or not—is an important theme: respect for the peoples of the Global South and their institutions. There are certainly variations in individual cases, but in general, international adoption seems to undercut the dignity of many of the world’s peoples...
...ready to make that leap just yet. Boldness needs to be planned, not blurted--and there are all sorts of questions to ponder before he takes the next step.Would the arrogance implicit in running now, after less than one term in the Senate, undercut his carefully built reputation for judiciousness? Is the Chicago politician right about the need to be strong and simple in a run for President? Or can Obama overturn all the standard political assumptions simply by being himself? "In setting your expectations for me now, just remember I haven't announced that I'm running...
...doing -he, Henry Luce, this great public figure-to Hadden. In fact, he never would have been the Henry Luce that we know without Hadden. So I think Luce, as a great man, could not within himself recognize that. Furthermore, if he were to recognize it publicly, it would undercut his status as a media genius. And his status as a media genius was what allowed him to travel the world, delivering speeches for capitalism and democracy, and supporting Chiang Kai-shek. All of that was predicated on the fact that he had created TIME. That's why people respected...
...workers’ rights, the new program would require that companies take the extra step of giving the factories money to make certain that the maintenance of such standards is a possibility.The new measures came in response to a lack of progress in areas where a desperation for employment undercut concerns for appropriate conditions and compensation, according to the WRC’s Steffan.“We would see an erosion of improvements because of the price pressure that the factories are under,” she said. “While on the one hand the companies would...
...agency backed away from its program in December 2005 as Congress passed an amendment to the 2006 defense bill banning "cruel, inhuman or degrading" treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody. According to other U.S. officials, then CIA Director Porter Goss feared that the amendment, sponsored by McCain, might undercut the legal authority for CIA interrogations. So Goss put those procedures on hold while seeking a legal opinion from the Justice Department...