The election itself was a mockery, even by Africa's degraded standards.
"Degrading standards not only hurts the public and the businesses we serve, it's also counterproductive for the Postal Service because it will drive more people away from using the mail".
His critics, of which there are many, have called him a vulgarian and a cynic who had degraded standards of journalism by pandering to a sensation-seeking public.
Or will her concessions to popular taste degrade the standards of an entire genre?
John Boland, an administrator who got the bills paid, aimed to "degrade the standards of what I am doing" and to cover the monument "with hot dog stands".
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to urge the United States to pass two key trade agreements, including the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership and a new deal with the European Union that human rights say will impede access to medicines and degrade labor standards.
He has carried a winning personality into his campaigning, but has not degraded his standards as a high-bred and educated man.
But is deregulating coal, degrading environmental standards, stripping women of contraceptives and challenging tyrants around the world to war their candy?
League tables have been blamed for degrading university standards in the pursuit of ratings; this is to be investigated by Hefce and we wait to be summoned to justify our efforts.
In 1986, the Los Angeles Times published the results of a three-month study showing that women and minorities felt they were being denied promotion and assignment opportunities, and that some white male officers felt the department had degraded its standards.
The administration pressed for "financial reform" while ignoring the epicenter of the 2008 disaster, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which degraded lending standards and securitized bad mortgages.
