Word: weakens
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...when the executive branch starts to treat the Court as just another political institution and its Justices as mere politicians, we're in for a real power grab. Don't be fooled. The Reagan-Meese-Reynolds crew is trying to weaken the judiciary and to limit the scope of judicial review not because it objects to judicial review in principle, but because judicial review stands in the way of its agenda...
Several scholars here and elsewhere saidHarvard's commitment to its traditional standardsthreatens to weaken the History Department asscholars in the image of Handlin and Schlesingerbecome more scarce...
...action down at City Hall last spring, a first-term city councillor offered a series of scandalous proposals which would weaken, if not destroy, rent control and Cambridge's method of providing low-cost housing to its neediest citizens. Throughout the whole legislative debate, however, Harvard's large legislative lobbying staff was conspicuously quiet on the matter--and no wonder, given the University's poor track record on rent control...
...which felt the pinch as the price of Texas-grade oil fell from about $27 per bbl. in January to a low of $9.75 in April. Consumers, though, would face more expensive heating oil and gasoline, and if prices continue to climb, the increase could rekindle inflation and eventually weaken the world economy...
...only in Israel and only if he were given immunity from prosecution. They asked for the same protection for three lesser officials implicated in the spy case. American prosecutors rejected the deal, prompting some Israeli officials to complain that Washington's zeal in the Pollard affair is designed to weaken Israel's political clout...