Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Steinbeck's elaborations on Malory are often efforts to rationalize the characters or events. These explanations weaken the style of the book, sap its pace and deprive its people of any life undiagrammed by an omniscient author...
...challenge to authority that is now upon us can strengthen and renew institutions as much as it can weaken them. And it can be fun. There is always room, as George Orwell wrote, 'for one more custard...
...American voters' choice on November 2 is not limited to Ford and Carter. Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy (D.-Minn.) is seeking support for a third party candidacy that could weaken the Democrat's showing enough to throw the election to Ford. It is a challenge to sanction this indulgent candidacy in an elction in which the American people face clear alternatives. While well-heeled liberals may be able to afford the cost of purist voting, they should consider the consequences of their action for the men and women who have spent the last eight years battling to protect their meager...
Throughout the country, as Mao became ever more feeble and close to death, the authority of his government seemed to weaken. As early as the end of 1974, an extraordinary 77-page wall poster put up in Canton set forth a comprehensive indictment of the way China was being run at that time. Written by a group of young intellectuals who used the pseudonym Li I-che, the wall poster condemned China as a place where "no one is allowed to think, no one is allowed to do research, and no one is allowed to ask a single...
Since admitting women would weaken the D.U.'s bargaining position, it seems unlikely that the trustees will approve...