Word: undercutting
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...there’s no free lunch. Spending billions on these pet projects will require either raising taxes on everyone or cutting spending on other government programs. Although the Bush administration is right to rule out tax increases to finance the reconstruction—increasing taxes would undercut our economic growth at the worst possible time—without spending cuts, the country will simply go further into debt, which amounts to simply a delayed tax increase. And with discretionary spending soaring at eight percent each year under the Bush administration, there’s little reason to believe that...
...with 88% of the vote. He could rely on the entrenched election machine of his ruling National Democratic Party, as well as the weakness of smaller opposition parties, which learned only in February that he was allowing a contest. But voter apathy as well as cries of foul play undercut Mubarak's effort to portray the election as a showcase for democratic change. Egypt's Independent Committee for Election Monitoring (icem) issued a critical report citing violations from ballot stuffing to vote buying to voter intimidation. The committee slammed election officials for banning most of its 2,200 observers from...
...neither Barbara Johnson nor the children are likely to be called to the stand. Some observers wonder what the children have to gain in their challenge, since dozens of the preceding wills also slighted them. They claim their fight will benefit their father's philanthropic interests, which were dramatically undercut only in the last will. But the speculation is that they really expect a settlement offer to forestall years of legal delays. Meanwhile, Judge Lambert has asked for the jury's patience as they examine this complex test of wills, in which "we are all working hard." Shoveling dirt...
...media for handing out an exorbitant amount of A-range grades and awarding over 90 percent of its graduates Latin honors. The Harvard ‘B+’ was the new ‘gentlemen’s C,’ it seemed, which detractors said undercut the very value of the Harvard transcript...
...name of Allah will be rewarded with 200 virgins, the title refers to recent interpretations and re-readings of the text that suggest that word for “virgins” could actually mean “raisins.” Since the latter translation would deeply undercut the seriousness of suicide bomber missions, the settling on a single interpretation of the sermon is no light matter...