Word: weaken
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Fresh from their triumph at the polls in November, the Democrats will assemble in Kansas City, Mo., this weekend for a national conference that could strengthen or seriously weaken the party's chances for the presidency...
Dean Whitlock said yesterday he believes the plan would strengthen the CHUL on a day-to-day basis, but added, "In time of crisis the plan will weaken the committee...
Houthakker said yesterday he supports the creation of that committee. "The present regulatory bodies weaken competition or eliminate it altogether," he said...
While reflecting a deeply felt concern, Townsend's very public dissent from what is, after all, an essentially voluntary anti-inflation program could only help weaken confidence in it among both businessmen and consumers. And that could only complicate the Administration's difficulties in successfully treading the fine line between inflation and recession...
...down oil prices. If the citizens of the oil-importing countries can be persuaded to adopt conservation measures, and if a formula for limiting exports is accepted, then?the Americans optimistically reason?the oil exporters would start to quarrel over how to share the shrinking market. This could eventually weaken and perhaps break up the oil cartel, permitting prices to respond to the demands of an uncontrolled marketplace...