Word: weakened
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...disagreement could weaken the Arabs' position if it is not resolved before the conference and might even provide an opportunity for Israel to establish relations separately with some of the Arab states...
...complained of sexual harassment at the time of the alleged incidents or by putting forward their own allegations of misconduct by Thomas. Others would seek to cast doubt on Hill's testimony either by dredging up recollections that conflicted with hers or by offering stories that aimed to weaken Hill's credibility...
Though New York State last week decided to allow Salomon to bid on some state treasury and Urban Development Corp. transactions, Moody's Investors Service was not so lenient: it downgraded Salomon's credit rating. The downgrading may further weaken investors' faith, making Buffett's job that much tougher...
...presence of these outsiders, officials have warned, would risk security, weaken discipline and jeopardize the chain of command. In 1941 a special committee wrote an impassioned letter to the Secretary of the Navy pleading that he consider "the close and intimate conditions of life aboard ship, the necessity for the highest possible degree of unity and esprit-de-corps, and the requirements of morale," before allowing black seamen to fight alongside white sailors...
...press dubbed the affair, may delay the start of an all-party conference, originally planned as early as September, where the major political groups will decide how to structure negotiations. Use of secret funds by Pretoria also raised suspicions that it was employing below- the-belt tactics to weaken the A.N.C., widely considered the most likely group to win the country's first free elections...