Word: weakening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...volatile element to a situation that was already as unstable as a vial of nitroglycerin. In Cairo, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians staged the biggest demonstration since the Six-Day War, demanding vengeance for "the blood of the martyrs." If one of the Israelis' objectives was to weaken Nasser, the raid seemed to be having the opposite effect -at least for the time being. "Nasser! Nasser!" screamed the crowds as Egypt's President drove to prayers at Al Azhar mosque with visiting Sudanese Premier Jaafar Nemery and Libyan Leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Two newspapers in the Egyptian capital...
Slowly the bonds of Untouchability have begun to weaken as the Hindu doctrine of karma has come into question. Karma teaches outcastes that their present misery is the result of sin committed in a previous incarnation. For centuries, that doctrine has ensured that the Untouchables would accept their lot. Now growing numbers of them are demanding a better break in this life, not the next...
...unions against the General Electric Company. The outcome of this strike is crucial in deciding the course of the American economy in the next few years. A victory for General Electric would mean that workers' real wages would continue to decline, and would lead to a widespread attempt to weaken unions...
...conflict that is never far from flash point. Arab leaders, blaming Israeli negligence for the damage to Islam's third most sacred shrine, called for jihad-holy war. Prime Minister Golda Meir's Cabinet met in emergency session amid deep concern that the fire might weaken Israeli rule in the holy city. Last week the man who confessed to setting the mosque ablaze, a 28-year-old Christian named Denis Michael Rohan, was judged insane and committed by an Israeli court to a mental hospital. Rohan, an Australian sheep shearer who was visiting Israel as a tourist, testified...
...Department sponsorship. "It is the function of the University-and especially of its social scientists-," Kelman argued, "to engage in independent critical analysis of the society, including the role of the military within that society. There is some concern that commitments on the order of the Cambridge Project would weaken the University's capacity for such independent analysis...