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Word: watered-down (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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Usage:

...That is my job." Only Adenauer's intercession forced Erhard to accept a compromise bill permitting exceptions for "crisis" cartels and retail-price-fixing rings. "Damned little butter for such a big slice of dry bread," snorted Erhard as the Bundestag passed the bill. Yet even this watered-down law makes Germany the first European country to take a stand in principle against "associations in restraint of competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Engineer of a Miracle | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

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