Word: undercutting
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...case on the "yellowcake" uranium allegations says the intelligence services did not believe it was likely that Saddam would share his weapons of mass destruction with al-Qaeda, except perhaps once his regime was doomed. Critics suggest this is because the administration was inclined to shut out information that undercut its rationale for war. Former Georgia Democratic Senator Max Cleland, who serves on the congressional 9/11 commission, for example, charges that the Administration pressed for delaying the publication of the commission's work because its conclusions undercut a key aspect of the case...
...then said the Liberal Party's key eight votes on the bill were in danger, forcing Tung to amend the bill. When Tien quit the Cabinet, Tung realized he had, at least temporarily, lost the match. He deferred the bill?and had to wonder why Beijing was trying to undercut...
With a parity wage and benefits policy, unions can negotiate higher pay and benefits and do not have to fear that outside contractors will be able to undercut them simply by paying their employees lower compensation, the HCECP report said...
...machine, a task that an assembly worker could easily be trained to perform. Work rules differ from plant to plant because agreements are negotiated with local union leaders. If a tradesman notices a line worker fiddling with equipment, he may file a grievance, claiming that his job is being undercut by a lower-paid employee...
...vast majority of terrorism cases, judges have sided with the government against the objections of prisoners or their counsel. But there are some notable exceptions, including one case that could undercut some of the government's central legal aims. In March two men, Irfan Kamran, 32, and Sajjad Nasser, 28, were held in prison, charged with harboring an illegal immigrant, while the FBI tried to determine whether they had links to al-Qaeda. Kamran, a naturalized American citizen, and Nasser, a Pakistani, are cousins who had been living legally in the U.S. for years but returned occasionally to their native...