Word: weakenings
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...biggest impasses is how to rebuild the Lebanese Army. Muslim Cabinet members, especially Shi'ite Amal Leader Nabih Berri and Druze Chieftain Walid Jumblatt, want a restructuring that would weaken the traditional Maronite Christian hold on senior military positions. Christian leaders, notably Phalangist Patriarch Pierre Gemayel and former President Camille Chamoun, are fiercely resisting that course...
...full fares on all flights to and from Los Angeles during the Olympics (summer discounts are normally available), and automobile-rental agencies had stopped requiring full payment in advance. Accordingly, in the best tradition of Yankee buoyancy, there were those who predicted that the boycott would strengthen rather than weaken the appeal of the Games. Ventured Walter Hill, president of a firm that makes official Olympic trading cards: "In terms of a collectible, controversy enhances the value of the cards...
...Gaddafi's position at home continues to weaken, however, he may be forced to pay less attention to funding world terrorism and more to his domestic concerns...
...Bechtel case nonetheless puts the Reagan Administration in an awkward position. Since it took power, it has been trying to weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which was passed in the wake of the scandal concerning Lockheed's alleged payments to top government officials around the world. The Administration has argued that the law, which states that a corporation is guilty if it has "reason to know" that its agents are making illegal payments, is too vague...
Richard Halverson, 68, chaplain of the U.S. Senate, on "word merchants" in the chamber: "Help them to appreciate the power of words... to honor, to disparage; to encourage, to disappoint; to comfort, to embarrass; to edify, to offend; to strengthen, to weaken; to motivate, to immobilize; to give hope, to frustrate; to purify, to pollute; to build, to destroy...