Word: undercutting
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...several state legislatures would also allow software companies to wait until after the sale is complete to reveal additional information about the license, or even to change the license conditions after the sale and then disable your programs if you refused to abide by the new conditions. Such laws undercut the basic consumer protections that have developed over the last century for familiar "brick-and-mortar" goods--and given that products from microwaves to cars now contain software, who knows how far these industry-friendly laws might reach...
...happened, the damage done by Pryor's disregard for student input has undercut the benefits that may arise from any reforms. Whatever SAC's faults, the students who have devoted much of their college careers to laboring to make the IOP a better place deserve more respect than they received...
Cambridge was the first city in Massachusetts and the 19th in the nation to extend healthcare benefits to the domestic partners of its city employees. This commitment to equality and justice should be fully supported, not undercut by state statues. While there may be some hope in an appeal of the recent ruling, equal rights for homosexuals will not be secure until Massachusetts state law is changed. A full-fledged effort to do so must begin...
...demonstrate that the American government acted in full knowledge of the dictatorship's systematic and bloody abuse of human rights. The CIA was ordered by President Clinton to make the documentation available as part of a program to allow a public assessment of the "extent to which U.S. actions undercut the cause of democracy and human rights in Chile...
...reform soon, the days of the U.S. Postal Service are probably numbered. Even its primary market, first-class mail, is expected to shrink 27% over the next decade, representing the loss of an additional $17 billion in revenues. And some analysts warn that deals with private carriers will simply undercut USPS assets, leaving it with little more than its most rural--and least profitable--routes...