Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...serving bills of the kind that special interests try to sneak through at the end of a hectic session. As Rhode Island Republican John Chafee graphically described the process: "You can almost hear the hogs moving up to the trough-slurp, slurp, slurp." Among them were bills that would weaken regulation of beer distributors, doctors and lawyers, and the National Football League. None passed...
...million in military assistance. "We are now at a touchy time," said State Department Spokesman Alan Romberg. "The danger of this bill is that it would make it far more difficult to bring about a quick and easy settlement in Lebanon." In the longer run, it would also weaken the U.S.'s " credibility in this region, and therefore any attempt to neutralize the P.L.O. hard-liners by encouraging negotiations leading to a settlement that moderate Palestinians can accept. -By William E. Smith. Reported by Johanna McGeary/ Washington and Roberto Suro/ Beirut
...seem so callous. But that is clearly not the case; President Reagan just recently requested more guns and assistance for several Latin American countries. The White House simply wants to pressure Israel to get but of Lebanon and change its policies in the occupied territories. Ultimately, Washington hopes to weaken support for Begin and usher the Labor opposition into power...
...Reagan, the region's economic strains offer a chance to continue his two-year-old Latin American crusade against communism. Past Administrational-Marxist policies have included extensive military support for the besieged right-wing government of E1 Selvador, and the concentrated use of financial and military weapons to weaken the socialist leadership of Nicaragun. And, after marking Cuba as a primary source of Marxist "trouble" in the region, Reagan effectively banned business and tourist travel to the island last Mary...
...coming months, the problems of the trade deficit are likely to become even more acute. European nations like France may have to devalue their currencies further or simply allow them to weaken so that these nations can help their sick economies while protecting their domestic markets from cheap imports. In Spain, for instance, the peseta fell to a historic low against the dollar last week, and the new Socialist government is expected to let it continue falling. The U.S. will suffer even more if its economy gets out of sync with the rest of the world. Should business and consumer...