Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ordered a "sweeping review" of all federal regulatory agencies in order to scrap old rules that hamper production. He said that the nation must "reevaluate" environmental and safety laws, which many businessmen have criticized as being too costly. In private talks, Nixon has been outspoken about his determination to weaken clean air and water controls...
...Richard Nixon's most persistent Watergate defense themes is that he will never do anything to weaken the institution of the presidency. A study of children's attitudes toward the office by Political Scientist F. Christopher Arterton of Wellesley College indicates, however, that the Watergate scandal already has profoundly altered at least one small group of the younger generation's perceptions of the presidency...
...supposed menace, Soviet Secret Police Chief Yuri Andropov addressed the nation on television in a rare public appearance last month. "Reactionaries spend millions of dollars for intelligence and subversive services in hostile work against us," he charged. "The imperialists know we cannot be conquered militarily, so they seek to weaken the unity of the Soviet people and erode Soviet society...
...strengthen the dollar abroad. In general, the bank has done an effective job of promoting U.S. exports; but in an era when international economic relations are increasingly fraught with political significance, Ex-Im's leaders hardly hope to avoid closer congressional scrutiny of their policies. Restrictions that would weaken the bank's competitiveness, though, could hamper America's trade drive...
There is a rhythm in the history of Watergate. Periodically, the President has managed to stem the tide of investigation and indignation, partly because of his own tactics, partly because of sheer fatigue among his critics and in the country. But inevitably something would occur to weaken his cause further, and that seemed to be happening again last week when, on Friday, the Supreme Court dealt a sharp blow to Nixon's defense. The court announced that it would take the unusual step of bypassing the circuit court of appeals in order to speed a final decision on whether...