Word: weakening
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...party after Bermuda voted down a referendum calling for independence from Britain by a margin of three-to-one.TIME's Cathy Boothreports: "There is a growing sense in Bermuda that its problems -- drugs, in particular -- are beyond its control without Britain." Bermudans were also likely concerned that independence might weaken the country economically. The World Bank consistently ranks Bermuda one of the five richest countries in the world. "The voters probably felt that if it isn't broke, so to speak, why fix it?" said Booth...
...This is an insurance policy," said Carol Browner,Environmental Protection Agencychief. "The idea is to prevent another Love Canal," says TIME's Andrea Dorfman. The move by the President is seen by some political observers as a response to the GOP's attempt last week in the house to weaken right-to-know laws...
...turn lean mice into starving wretches. After losing weight, researchers from Amgen reported, normal mice stabilize both their food intake and their metabolism. Obese mice likewise reach an optimal leanness, then stop losing weight. The pattern of weight loss is also encouraging. For unlike extreme calorie restriction, which can weaken muscle, leptin appears to dissolve fat while leaving lean tissue intact. On the basis of such data, Amgen (which paid Rockefeller University $20 million for patent rights to make products based on the ob gene) has announced that it hopes to begin conducting human trials as early as next year...
...fashioned as well, redolent with devotion to the Virgin Mary and the Latin-rite mass, deeply rooted in the Baltimore Catholicism of the 1940s. Some critics call her "the zinging nun" for her forthright attacks on feminists and other Catholic liberals who, in her view, confuse the faithful and weaken the church by daring to disagree with Pope John Paul II and his bishops...
...allies have often been called pragmatists and their opponents hard-liners, but the labels do not convey the multitude of factions vying for power. "Only personal interests and family interests are priorities-for all of them," says a longtime diplomat. Though himself a mullah, Rafsanjani would like to weaken the clergy's grip on Iran's domestic affairs. But he lost control when a conservative, hostile parliament was voted in three years ago. "Rafsanjani is Iran's Gorbachev -- he wants to, but he can't," says the diplomat...