Word: weakened
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...radio, long-time local right-wing talker Jim Quinn is playing an Eisenhower era tape of an American politician warning about Soviet influence: "'We'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism... we'll so weaken your economy that you'll fall like ripe fruit...'" Quinn says, "We almost had that during the Carter administration." Then he plays an Obama line. "This guy sounds more like Stalin than he sounds like George Washington," Quinn says. "Do you realize t his guy raised $600 million? Do you really think all of that came from American citizens?" Hearing the talk...
From the green perspective, the Bush Administration has been an unmitigated disaster, with sins of omission (the failure to do anything significant on climate change) and commission (stealthy attempts to weaken environmental protections such as the Endangered Species Act). For Bush's successor, that legacy means having to play catch-up starting Jan. 20 on a dusty list of green issues; to name a few: national action on capping carbon, reengaging with the United Nations climate change treaty process, America's addiction to foreign oil, water shortages in the Southwest and accelerated species loss...
...Hospital Boston, who examined the brain tissue of babies who died from SIDS and those who died from other causes. Researchers found that SIDS babies often have a brain defect in a region of the brain that controls breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. The abnormality appears to weaken the responsiveness of certain functions, including arousal from sleep when the body fails to get enough oxygen. Researchers think the defect may be genetic in origin, although there are no biological tests yet to determine risk...
...Henry Paulson is seeking too much unregulated cash and power in his effort to stabilize the economy by buying up toxic mortgage-backed securities. He's also asking Congress to lift the ceiling on the national debt to a record $11.3 trillion from the current $10.6 trillion, which could weaken the U.S. dollar, raise interest rates and act as an additional drag on the economy. All that money has led to lots of questions from lawmakers and taxpayers alike. Here are a few answers...
...group is accused of employing a range of dirty tricks - from assassinating high-profile figures to bombing public places - at critical moments to create unrest, weaken governments and replant the seeds of military rule in Turkey. Over the past few days, newspapers have run excerpts from the 2,455-page indictment that suggest a sinister coterie whose alleged conspiratorial deeds wouldn't be out of place in a Dan Brown novel like The Da Vinci Code...