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We need to restore the public's faith in our state pension systems and send a message that those responsible with investing public dollars have to be held to the highest ethical standards, ... When they fail to do that, as we've seen in recent weeks, they undermine the system and breach the public trust.

The grand jury investigation has the possibility of really shining a light on the credibility of the administration, how officials tried to undermine those who were criticizing them and how they then covered up that attempt.

Turning over the responsibility for fighting the insurgents to local forces . . . threatens to exacerbate the communal tensions that underlie the conflict and undermine the power-sharing negotiations needed to end it.

Turkey is on the way to removing curbs on the media as it seeks to join the European Union, but cases like this undermine that progress. We urge the court to dismiss all charges against these five journalists when it reconvenes in April.

The reason that kids take chances when they drive is not because they're ignorant. It's because other things undermine their better judgment.

This unprecedented assault on the work of human rights groups will invariably undermine the rights of all Russians.

We simply cannot allow self-interested vultures and incompetent administrators to undermine this essential program.

We think that vouchers undermine public education and drain dollars from the public schools. They also create double standards of accountability. Public schools are accountable to the public. Private schools are not.

This will seriously undermine the independence of the country's judiciary as contemplated in the Constitution. This distorts the very purpose that inspired the creation of the Council: to ensure balance and moderation in decision-making affecting the judiciary.

We are assured that the president will keep his promise to nominate a strict constructionist, ... undermine respect for life and family.

We do not undermine threats, and we take measures instantly to avoid danger.

Easing rates will not improve the situation but increasing liquidity will. The central bank needs to get money into the system. I think the economy has problems but it's not going into a depression. It's corporate America that's doing everything to undermine investor confidence. Corporate malfeasance is horrendous.

Easing rates will not improve the situation but increasing liquidity will, ... The central bank needs to get money into the system. I think the economy has problems but it's not going into a depression. It's corporate America that's doing everything to undermine investor confidence. Corporate malfeasance is horrendous.

At this point, if the yen rises further, it's going to undermine the Japanese economy, and, as a result of that, both Japan and the U.S., for different reason, would like to see the yen stable at these levels or a little bit higher.

Discrimination and bigotry have no place in our society, and I believe Senator (Rick) Santorum's unfortunate remarks undermine Republican principles of inclusion and opportunity,

Corruptions, which emerged in personnel adjustment, may shake and undermine the CPC's ruling foundation and capacity.

Environmental groups today are accusing the Bush administration of massively abusing its executive authority by working with its energy supporters in order to subvert and undermine our major environmental laws.

Fed officials do not want to risk overreaction by the markets. This would undermine financial conditions at a time when the Fed needs growth to stay above its potential rate.

Fed officials do not want to risk overreaction by the markets, ... This would undermine financial conditions at a time when the Fed needs growth to stay above its potential rate.

There's no reason in the world why we should provide the facilities for people to vote for an organization that calls for the destruction of Israel and will undermine the political process.

The United States government is not going to make any arrangement with any other country that would in any way undermine our security agreement with Japan,

It would be misguided and foolish to do so, ... It would undermine public confidence in the markets because states have historically played a critical role in restoring creditability to the marketplace.

It would undermine the housing market, and could quickly result in credit problems that would affect the entire (American) financial system.

These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision introduced into the Chinese Constitution in March 2004.

The supply side is going to progressively improve in the next few months, while the demand outlook is going to get worse. It's the combination of those two factors that's starting to undermine the bull story in this market.

Thank God the governor was the only one in the whole legislative process to err on the side of reason. He was the only one to stop this sneaky, underhanded, sleazy attempt to undermine marriage and the family and implement blatant same-sex marriages.

Adam Quinn is a paid political operative whose mission is to politically undermine the governor. This was more about him acting as a political operative to score political points.

(Code Pink's) goal is to undermine the morale of the soldiers.

A number of other reports suggest the labor market is finally hitting its stride, one weekly claims number is not enough to undermine that conclusion.

Any efforts like Mr. Muhammad's, to undermine officers who are trying to do their jobs, only put our communities at risk.

Any delay would have given Saddam Hussein time to reconstitute his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and undermine international support for our efforts. It also would have been contrary to the president's commitment in November to respond militarily to future Iraqi provocations.

Anything that would suggest a deteriorating appetite for US financial assets would undermine the dollar.

The breadth and scope of the proposed amendments are such that they will not only have serious, adverse economic and practical implications for legitimate industries but could very likely place (the current reporting law) into a questionable constitutional stature which would threaten to undermine our shared goal of protecting children from exploitation,

The big risk are spoilers who want to produce violence to undermine this positive effort. At the moment the parties should do their utmost to stop violence, but they should not let violent elements and spoilers derail the process.

Athletes can often undermine themselves with too much thinking. That might be one thing that happened to Oliver last year.

As long as we don't undermine the integrity of the lease itself and the deal that we've arranged with the construction agreement, then I don't think anyone would have an issue with it.

Your veto would undermine all we are doing in California. Moreover, it would jeopardize our economic security for no apparent reason other than that of placating the short-sighted, protectionist demands of organized labor pressure groups.

This is beyond where Terrell Owens is. This affects all our players. It's why we have an issue with the language in these contracts. Things we're able to gain in collective bargaining, some clubs are finding a way to undermine them. That's also what this is all about,

The U.S. should print on its money, "In Guns We Trust" and use pictures of aircraft carriers, F-16 and tanks instead of politicians. But that would undermine the very foundation that hypocrisy stands on.

This court decision is consistent with the fundamental principle that patent laws exist to support and encourage medical innovators, not undermine them,

This decision was the answer to a lot of people's prayers, ... We told the commissioners that this would undermine our state's safety and homeland defense and to their credit, they listened.

This episode, dismaying as it has been for both sides, will not undermine partnerships built up over such a long time.

This is an effort to undermine the good works that are happening in the diocese. It's a bit mystifying for an organization that claims to know what's best for the church to go ahead with spending what I would imagine would be significant dollars in a media outlet such as Newsday.

They have been counted properly, ... And we don't need to go back to all that old thing. You know what? This election was held on its proper day and counted properly and, you know, frankly, to go back now and try to undermine the legitimacy of this election is very troubling.

This is the wrong resolution at the wrong time, ... It will undermine our efforts to get the peace process back on track and hurt everyone's interests, including those it is most intended to help.

They're not going to let that happen again. In order to get back at the administration, they're going to try to undermine the policy with constant gloom and doom and negative news.

Allowing broadband carriers to control what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the principles that have made the Internet such a success.

It selectively includes only those factual assertions needed to support those conclusions and ignores other facts that would undermine those conclusions.

It is very difficult for a liberal democracy to deal with those that want to completely undermine the fabric on which liberal democracy is built. This is an absolutely new challenge for liberal democracies.

It's an unfortunate commentary on the willingness of this administration to undermine the Endangered Species Act. Despite its small size this toad needs a lot of land to complete its life cycle.

It's very clear that Mr. Barak's intentions all along have been to undermine the peace process, to evade it, to avoid it,

The occupation is continuing the escalation to undermine the work of the new government.

either creating a superficial pretext to justify the American aggression or he is trying to confuse and undermine the comprehensive review.

The agreement commits one of the most successful names in the sport's history to Formula One after 2008, and is an important step towards protecting against a divisive split that could undermine motor racing's premier series. I hope our decision will encourage the remainder of the Formula One community to join us and resolve any final details by working together.

It's amazing we can't get these officials confirmed. They're tying it to an unrelated matter about judges to in fact hamper -- actually undermine -- the ability of the Department of Justice to function. It's really irresponsible,

It's beyond doubt that the ruling party has enhanced its power over decisions affecting the judiciary. In the long run, this move is likely to undermine public confidence in the independence of the courts and weaken the separation of powers in Argentina.

It's human nature to want to relieve anxiety. Some people will look at this as an escape. What I'm questioning is: Is there really safety in this? If you undermine the people that you leave behind, eventually they're going to be negotiating for us.

No jury can undo the outcome of Texas's 2002 elections, ... But the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy - no matter how powerful they may be. If we are to be a 'democracy,' then powerful politicians cannot flout such laws with impunity.

No jury can undo the outcome of Texas' 2002 elections, but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy,

No jury can undo the outcome of Texas' 2002 elections, ... but the justice system must punish those who criminally conspire to undermine democracy, no matter how powerful they may be.

No, it would not. I'm not trying to undermine Martin in any way, shape or form. He's the captain and a very strong one. We needed impetus in Scotland and the bench has made an impact in other games.

It will undermine the international competitiveness of UK industry.

The vote count on Tuesday night showed Governor Bush won Florida's election and a recount has now confirmed his victory. We hope Vice President Gore and his campaign will reconsider their threats of lawsuits or still more recounts which could undermine the constitutional process of selecting a president and have no foreseeable end.

These violations and breaches, whether by the SLA or the Arab militias or indeed by the government forces, should not be tolerated anymore as they further undermine what is in any case a tenuous ceasefire.

This is a very important moment for the government's economic policies. Measures are needed that will ensure economic stability over the next few years and not undermine business growth,

Once again, environmentalist scare-mongering seeks to undermine common-sense reforms that shore up our energy infrastructure.

It's really a problem of appearances in most cases. In 99 percent of the cases, it's something that looks bad, but you don't frequently have legislators who are necessarily swayed by this. But it is a concern. It can undermine public confidence. What people see they tend to believe, whether or not at its core it really is as nefarious as all that.

The failure to get progress on the economic issues may undermine the overall relationship and then make it harder to work together on the security concerns.

I'm really concerned that comments made in the boardroom, in public, have worked to undermine the relationship between the board and the union.

I hope the members of this body who have politicized this issue by making false allegations of manipulation of intelligence would realize their allegations only serve to divide the American people and undermine critical American resolve to finish the important work we are about in Iraq,

I'm sure that they will continue to look for ways to try and undermine my support, but I have every confidence that in doing this job for South Dakota, I will continue to build on my support and be able to succeed once again in November.

In general, the online credit card industry performs close to the same reliability and responsiveness found across other online financial services industries. However, the sites performing below the industry performance standard are performing quite out of range, and are among the poorest performing sites not only in the credit card industry, but in the financial services industry as a whole. Of course, this can undermine the ability of these sites to acquire new customers.

In 1978, the Raleigh News & Observer dubbed Senator Helms Senator No. And indeed he said no -- no to high taxes, no to big government, no to enemies of freedom around the world, no to those who would undermine the culture of life and the sanctity of marriage.

In a number of member states, particularly some older ones, there is a fear that economic reform will undermine social protection, ... Such fear is not only misplaced but counterproductive." ()

I'm not at all surprised that the rebels are not accepting the peace deal. Why should they? It's never going to be implemented. The government is just going to undermine it every way they can.

Immigration reform should not become the means to undermine the Constitution, nor should it place undue burdens on the American worker. Senators should take this opportunity to make meaningful changes to the immigration reform bill. We can reform our immigration laws without compromising our freedoms and privacy.

If Mr. Netanyahu is looking for a pretext to stop the negotiations and undermine the process, he will always find one. This attack, which we have condemned, should serve as an incentive to accelerate the negotiations,

I'm not the one who was elected." Although she disagreed with her husband on a lot of issues," she emphasized, "I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.

I like the rally today and the volume is good, but we still have a lot of economic reports to get through the rest of the week that could either undermine it or strengthen it.

If you don't account for the pets in disaster, you undermine the effectiveness of the human rescue operation.

If you did that, you undermine basic environmental protections.

If you invade a coffee, tea, cocoa, wheat or a fruit farm what you are doing is to undermine the productive capacity of this economy, therefore causing inflation,

In my mind, what we've got so far doesn't undermine anything. If Jim comes up with a really good suspect, then the SBI would follow.

In this crucial area, China is not playing by the rules. Failure to get progress on the economic issues will undermine the whole relationship and make it harder to get cooperation on security issues.

I hope that all of us in both parties who have said that we have to stay in Iraq and finish the job in pursuit of our own values and of our own security will pull together and make it happen and not be part of a chorus of doubters that will undermine the support of the American people more,

I pledge to you the people, your government will not allow this desperate and irresponsible attempt to undermine the peace process and economic prosperity of the people to succeed,

It has to be so compelling as to undermine confidence in the verdict.

Clearly we know what the goal is here. The goal is to contain Milosevic. The goal is to stop the extraordinary violation of human rights. The goal is to undermine his military capability, ... We can achieve those goals.

Children's social behavior can promote or undermine their learning. And their academic performance may have implications for their social behavior.

Because the purpose of these mandates is not to expose the myth of racial profiling, but is instead to serve the aims of anti-police advocates who want to undermine law-enforcement agencies from being able to do their jobs, I can't see where this can have a positive impact.

Housing is a fault line in the economy that Greenspan is indeed worried about, but he doesn't think a housing (slowdown) will undermine the expansion.

Changing much-cherished bank secrecy laws is worth the effort. Corruption, tax evasion, and the capture of natural resource revenues undermine the rule of law, weaken the social fabric, erode citizens' trust in institutions, fuel conflict and insecurity, and hamper job creation.

I ask you to help me make the most of this next six months, to make the progress we can make, but do nothing -- nothing -- to undermine the fiscal discipline that got us to this remarkable dance.

I fear this is another attempt to undermine Kyoto and a message to the developing world to buy US technology and not to worry about targets and timetables,

I don't need to tell you that not only would such an effort undermine the Iowa Caucus on January 19th, but it would tarnish the reputation of this unique political event and threaten the future of something that Democrats such as us love and cherish.

Headlines like the ones we have seen in the past two days, undermine the confidence of our witnesses in our ability to protect them. They also bring our witnesses in harm's way.

For the federal government to step in after the fact, ... would be to undermine the effectiveness of the system.

Their objective was to undermine the electoral system and overthrow the government,

The tyrant always talks as if he's preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts to undermine them.

These kidnappings represent a significant gap in the country's security and undermine public confidence in the ability of both Iraqi government and coalition forces to maintain order and protect Iraqi citizens from violence - whether insurgent or criminal.