Word: weakening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Offer. Not for one minute did Franklin Roosevelt, expert political horse trader that he is, weaken his bargaining power by admitting he would accept the Harrison compromise. But Senator Harrison flatly asserted that the President would accept it, for his bill offered a very nice compromise...
...Manchuria before withdrawing from the League, the inescapable inference from Dr. Hoo's protest, an inference he adroitly left for others to draw, is that Japan cannot pull out of the League. "I deplore M. Avenol's conception of Japan's obligations, a conception which would weaken the Covenant!" cried Dr. Hoo. "Under such a conception any country could violate the Covenant and withdraw with impunity...
...importance of the ruling of the Supreme Court in the Gold Clause Cases can not be understated. An unfavorable decision by the Court will invalidate the present value of every issue of public and private bonds, contracts and securities on both the open and closed market. The dollar will weaken on the foreign exchange and our international trade balance will be thrown into serious jeopardy. Should the Supreme Court decision be actuated neither on the grounds of interference of contractual rights or the deprivation of property without due process of law, but as some authorities believe, by the misuse...
...Legion's full demand. In most Congressmen's minds the issue had last week boiled down to a question of how much cash to give. Messrs. Taylor & Belgrano have not yet set their seal to any definite bill. To compromise before it is necessary would only weaken their bargaining position. But the fiction of bonus bookkeeping will come in very handy. By tinkering with it Congressmen will be able to justify almost any figure they want to set for a cash payment in 1935. If they want to be ungenerous they might figure out that the veterans...
...advantages of the modified tutorial plan outlined in this report can be briefly summarized. First, the economics proposed would not weaken Harvard's educational machinery. On the contrary, it seems likely that the tutorial system would be strengthened, particularly in those Departments where it is now weak, by concentrating its efforts upon students who are able to make use of its facilities. Second, the most capable students would be given greater freedom and stronger incentive to do their best work; the less capable would not suffer any real deprivation, since, by definition, they are the ones who do not take...