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While professors said NAFTA opened up investment opportunities and increased bargaining power, they said White House concessions to gain support in the House significantly weaken the treaty's impact...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: NAFTA: The Pros, the Cons and the Compromises | 11/19/1993 | See Source »

...think these agreements weaken the treaty, but it's not a hollow treaty," said Martin...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: NAFTA: The Pros, the Cons and the Compromises | 11/19/1993 | See Source »

...Traditionally with viruses the classic approach has been to either inactivate the virus, which is basically taking a live virus and adding chemicals to is that make it inert," says Dr. Bernard N. Fields, Lehman professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the Medical School. "Or alternatively you can weaken the virus...

Author: By Steven G. Dickstein, | Title: How to Make A Vaccine | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

Recent studies also weaken the argument that the large retailers hurt the economy of the communities. Kenneth Stone, an economics professor at Iowa State, conducted a study of Iowa towns with Wal-Marts and found that while the number of small retailers did decline, other business was attracted to the area. "Apparently Wal-Mart stores attracted customers into town from a greater radius than had occurred before their entry," Stone says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They're Up Against the Wal | 11/1/1993 | See Source »

...opponents of the change say the departmentis on solid enough ground, and that the move willquite plainly weaken the discipline of linguisticsat Harvard...

Author: By Alessandra M. Galloni, | Title: Students Mourn Dept. | 10/8/1993 | See Source »

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