Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Catholic Church made no response to FitzGerald's proposals last week, but they were hailed by leading Protestant clergymen in the Republic. In Ulster, Protestant Firebrand Ian Paisley railed that FitzGerald's plan would "in no way weaken our resolve never to come under Dublin rule." Catholic leaders gave the initiative a guarded welcome. Said Sean Farren, chairman of the predominantly Catholic Social Democratic and Labor Party: "Many changes, both in attitudes and in law, are needed if a meaningful agreement is to be achieved between the people of Ireland...
Last week's rebound of stock prices probably did not mark the end of the slide that has been pushing down prices on markets around the world for months. Stock values in the U.S. could weaken still further in the weeks ahead. A key reason is the towering cost of money. Although some interest rates fell slightly last week, the yield on risk-free, 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds went briefly last week to an unheard-of 15.32%. With bonds paying those rates and money-market funds giving 17% interest, few people are in a hurry to invest...
...Guardian Angels may seem, they should be recognized for what they are: a trained non-government force receiving orders from an ambitious leader, enforcing a conception of social order in public. While the Angels might seem like a good idea now, such a citizens' law enforcement entity will only weaken the authority of those who possess the only legal mandate for securing the public welfare, the police...
Despite the budget snipping under way at the White House, Taylor fears that the Reagan Administration may yet launch an orgy of aimless military buying and building that will weaken us economically. He worries about stockpiling mountains of weapons for a surprise nuclear salvo that is the least likely of conflicts. Meanwhile, the nation might be left unprepared for small, sharp fights that could paralyze us by cutting off oil or scarce minerals. Taylor notes that OPEC price increases shook the foundation of NATO and diminished American power as much as some Soviet military improvements...
...interest rates break by the end of the year, there will be renewed hope and even some profit from the long labor of growing. But if interest rates do not yield to Reagan's schemes, there is the fear in Adair County that agriculture will begin to weaken and falter, even in the midst of its greatest triumph...