Word: weakened
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...Traditionally with viruses the classic approach has been to either inactivate the virus, which is basically taking a live virus and adding chemicals to is that make it inert," says Dr. Bernard N. Fields, Lehman professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the Medical School. "Or alternatively you can weaken the virus...
Recent studies also weaken the argument that the large retailers hurt the economy of the communities. Kenneth Stone, an economics professor at Iowa State, conducted a study of Iowa towns with Wal-Marts and found that while the number of small retailers did decline, other business was attracted to the area. "Apparently Wal-Mart stores attracted customers into town from a greater radius than had occurred before their entry," Stone says...
...opponents of the change say the departmentis on solid enough ground, and that the move willquite plainly weaken the discipline of linguisticsat Harvard...
...budget savings fail to cover the costs ofthe plan, argues Emanuel, universal access wouldhave to be phased in slowly, perhaps over eight toten years. And this, he says, may weaken Clinton'scase. "It doesn't give the people what theythought they were buying," he says...
Then there are the Likud politicians who warn that the recent events are all a plot by the P.L.O. to weaken Israel and set it up for an eventual push into the Mediterranean. In this suspicion, the Likud (Labor's main rival) is merely echoing the nagging doubts of many Israelis who are reluctant to suddenly embrace the P.L.O...