Word: weakening
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...their homeland. But here too Hitler came very close to winning. Once he had decided to invade, he made two major blunders. The first was to delay the attack by one crucial summer month for the unnecessary foray into Yugoslavia and Greece. The second was to postpone and weaken the drive on Moscow for the sake of capturing the mines and industries of the Ukraine. General Guderian, who was leading the tank spearhead toward Moscow, pleaded for an all-out offensive, but Hitler jeered, "My generals know nothing about the economic aspects...
Bush did not take kindly to the charges. In a Rose Garden ceremony Friday, the President inserted into his prepared remarks a pointed rejoinder to his critics. "Anyone who allows political bickering to weaken our progress against pollution," said Bush, "does a tragic disservice to every city in America and to every American who wants and deserves clean...
...test new drugs. Under pressure from AIDS activists, the Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it would allow wider use of two experimental drugs before rigorous clinical trials have conclusively established the value of these medications. AIDS patients hailed the decision, but it set precedents that could weaken the scientific safeguards that have long protected the desperately ill from quack remedies...
...House vote was a sharp blow to S & L industry lobbyists, whose lavish courtship of Congressmen fostered in the mid-1980s permissive legislation that is blamed for aggravating the thrift crisis. The industry fought to weaken the capital requirements in the current bill by pushing an amendment, sponsored by Illinois Republican Henry Hyde, that would have allowed S & Ls a regulatory hearing before they could be forced to comply with the new standards. Hyde, the industry's most vociferous advocate, is a leading recipient of S & L PAC contributions. After Bush threatened to veto the bill if capital standards were...
...Montreal confirm that pentamidine inhaled directly into the lungs is dramatically effective in preventing the pneumonia from developing. Federal health officials are so impressed by the drug that they will recommend that those infected with the virus start monthly aerosol treatments as soon as their immune systems begin to weaken...