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It would save lives, it would undercut the entire market for smugglers, and it would remove the chaos we see from Europe's front line in areas like the Greek islands.
The overdone special effects completely undercut the chill factor.
The drug trade is big business, and this middle-aged Luciano is a very solid businessman; the director (and the actor) have undercut the expected charisma.
Granted, it's well-directed and suspenseful throughout, but once it's over, the irrationalities undercut the accomplishment.
Unfortunately, the producers made many mistakes which seriously undercut their efforts.
A limited agreement would not only fail to bring these benefits; it could actually undercut the weight and influence of the transatlantic community, by signaling weakness and ceding rulemaking to other forums.
While the US is likely to maintain the upper hand in terms of military power for at least another 15-20 years, asymmetric warfare could undercut America’s advantage should China engage in cyber-attacks on US electronic and satellite systems, along with attacks on infrastructure.
Looser fiscal policy would help short-term economic growth; but tighter monetary policy would undercut those gains.
But if consumers show that they will pay a little more for shoes that are made without violating labor standards, they can undercut the immoral firm’s advantage.
Indeed, the domestic crackdown on human-rights activists undercut the soft-power gains of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Strategic reductions in price to undercut a competitor pass the test of rational duty (as long as prices do not fall below costs).
As rewards went up, why did new competitors, prepared to undercut, fail to come into the market?
One, less likely and less discussed, is that the UK leaves the EU and pursues social and economic policies – for example, concerning corporate taxes – that are deliberately intended to undercut the competitive position of Ireland and other European countries.
Since January 2006, Moscow has negotiated separate deals with energy companies from Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, and Denmark that could undercut Europe’s efforts to build additional pipelines aimed at bypassing Russia’s near monopoly of supplies from Central Asia.
Don’t the farm subsidies and other forms of support in the United States and European Union undercut the livelihood of millions of poor farmers?
Higher interest rates will undercut construction jobs and increase the value of the dollar, leading to larger trade deficits and fewer manufacturing jobs – just the opposite of what Trump promised.
The Balkan wars of the 1990’s, America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the bloody Arab revolts, and the exposure of Western capitalism’s ethical and systemic flaws in the global economic crisis undercut the idea further.
Indeed, too much government control, or even the appearance of it, can undercut the credibility that such networks are designed to engender.
If it degenerates into propaganda, public diplomacy not only fails to convince, but can undercut soft power.
Moreover, although Muslim religious and secular leaders are able to isolate millenarian terrorists and undercut their popular support, they lack the moral capital to completely discredit nationalist extremists groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, as long as the Muslim laity shares some of their goals.
It will also undercut the credibility of the liberal order, which was founded on tolerance for diversity and minority groups.
But other jurisdictions should not act to undercut the restrictions imposed by home authorities.
The last decade of war and lawlessness has facilitated the Taliban’s proliferation across Pakistan and Afghanistan, leading the Taliban to consider itself an indefatigable force – a belief that could lead its leaders to undercut any progress toward stability.
Indeed, occupying a divided nation is messy, and it is bound to produce episodes like Abu Ghraib and Haditha, which undercut America’s attractiveness not just in Iraq, but around the world.
When the Soviet Union invaded Hungary and Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, it undercut the soft power that it had enjoyed in Europe in the aftermath of World War II.
When terrorist excesses killed innocent Muslim civilians such as Egyptian Islamic Jihad did in 1993 or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi did in Amman in 2005, they undercut their own soft power and lost support.
Chinese leaders value the lopsided trade relationship with India – exports are more than five times higher than imports – as a strategic weapon to undercut its rival’s manufacturing base while reaping handsome profits.
For the US, suspending joint military exercises with South Korea seems like a small price to pay for such an outcome, as it would do little to undercut America’s overwhelming military superiority.
One of the most tragic aspects of the whole story, just now emerging, is the failure of UN officials on the ground to publicize at the time, when it really mattered, credible information that would have undercut the government’s narrative.
Those inept comments fatally undercut the government’s summoning of the Chinese ambassador to demand a return to the status quo ante.
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