Later, Mr. Spitzer added that Mr. Oxley "simply does not understand that aggressive action is necessary" and that he "seems intent on undercutting my efforts and those of other state regulators seeking to enforce state laws to protect consumers".
In Florida, Missouri and Ohio, state officials have already moved to undercut efforts to enroll people in coverage.
But competition from China and other countries that ban independent trade unions has since undercut efforts to raise labor standards.
Now, in the wake of the foreclosure wave, states are asserting themselves in ways that undercut efforts to make MERS a tool for unifying the mortgage business.
On the other side, the Greeks see faculty and administration as generally opposed to their continued presence and often rely upon trustee and alumni support to undercut efforts to close a campus to Greek life.
That gap threatens to undercut efforts to improve municipal services, fix broken streets and possibly slow his push to improve L.A.'s business climate -- a major focus of his inaugural address last year.
"We didn't want to stand in his way". The move puts Dolgen in a position of major authority at Paramount but also seems to undercut efforts to stabilize Sony, which has been wracked by management turnover in recent years.
Providing instant information can effectively undercut propaganda efforts by a less technologically sophisticated enemy.
Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, a Democrat who spearheaded the act, said the Cuomo administration's hiring practices had undercut reform efforts.
But entrenched officials, some of them Karzai allies, sometimes undercut the efforts, and tribal dynamics are infinitely complicated.
South Korean officials have quietly fretted that Mr. Bush's comments have undercut their efforts to engage North Korea.
