Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Malone claimed that the fight will not weaken the party but will strengthen it. "Quiet following is not what is necessary to make a strong party. Competition in politics is what makes a party grow. The party needs a jump start and this has woken a lot of people...
...outright evidence for the viability of the report's first premise thereby reinstates the validity of its later claims and the legitimacy of its call for change. Consequently, rather than reveal dissension, Zayas reveals foundation; intending to weaken the power of the report, he strengthens it. I, and hopefully anybody else who stands behind the TWSA report, thank Richard Zayas. Jose Razo...
...stars plead on behalf of disease prevention, Catholic clerics inveigh against abortion, farmers in overalls ask for extended credit, Wall Street financiers extol the virtues of lower capital-gains taxes. No single group dominates. When the steel, auto and rubber industries saw the Reagan Administration as an opening to weaken the Clean Air and Clean Water acts, the "Green Lobby," a coalition of environmental groups, was able to stop them...
Support for other protectionist bills appeared to weaken too. Ways and Means Chairman Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, a principal author (with Gephardt and Texas Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen) of the bill to impose a 25% tariff on goods from countries running especially large surpluses in trade with the U.S., has always acknowledged that the bill is likely to be rewritten in ways that he cannot foresee. Gephardt now is voicing hope that if the measure does pass in something like its present form, its targets will trim their trade surpluses enough to escape its provisions. But he admits, "I really...
...departure of Gramley and Partee could possibly weaken the Federal Reserve's inflation-fighting resolve. The board during the past year has been divided into hawks, doves and owls. Gramley and Wallich were the hawks. They have been especially concerned about inflation and have occasionally voted for a more restrictive monetary policy than Volcker wanted. Martin, Seger and Rice have been doves, sometimes voting for faster money growth. Volcker and Partee were the owls in the center, favoring a moderate course. The appointment of Johnson and another Reagan loyalist might give the doves a stronger hand...