Word: undercutting
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...Ghani said that while foreign aid has its benefits, it can also undercut the sovereignty of a developing nation’s government...
...death from heart disease, restoring the opportunity of new life. It demonstrated the ability of an individual working with a team to revolutionize health care. The interesting thing is that it was the relatively inexperienced Barnard who made history in the new field. He beat to the punch--and undercut--more systematic and more disciplined scientists and surgeons of the time. Dr. Norman Shumway of Stanford University (who was my mentor) had patiently and with great rigor made a decade of systematic research by writing papers, teaching others and working through the challenges of the procedure. Barnard, who watched some...
...last month denounced the Bush Administration's threats to disarm Iraq by force as "a new crusade against the Muslim nation." Yassin's call for Muslims worldwide to "strike Western interests ... everywhere" marked a sharp departure from his movement's long-held belief that attacks on Americans would undercut Palestinian hopes of keeping U.S. pressure on Israel. With Yassin's outburst, says a U.S. official, Hamas followers "have been freed up to do more than Israelis. And they're here." FBI agents suspect that there are Hamas sympathizers among the 1,000 Islamic extremists they are monitoring...
...from 2000, they're now caught in a nasty squabble over "open skies" agreements that would widen competition on lucrative transatlantic routes. E.U. courts banned the individually negotiated deals between 11 member states and the U.S., saying they should be arranged en bloc. When the U.S. appeared to undercut that decision by offering to sweeten the deals, François Lamoureux, the Commission's director-general for transport, threatened last week to drag into court any state that accepts. But E.U. efforts to draw up a new deal aren't expected to break the sound barrier - and meanwhile, airlines complain...
...What's more, North Korea's designated messenger for the announcement of its nuclear violation was Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju, the very official who clinched the 1994 agreement. With this clumsy stroke, Pyong-yang undercut the credibility of its entire negotiating team. Now, even if Washington wants to get a deal, there is no one on the other side they can trust...