Its eroding power base intensified the jockeying within the union to succeed Mr. Zwickel, its longtime boss.
Upon entering a still body of water, a stream's velocity is checked and thus it loses its eroding power; hence, the approximate level of the surface of the still water body is the stream's baselevel.
Officials familiar with Palestinian politics said senior members of Mr. Arafat's Palestinian Authority had been pressing him to take such action, if only to bolster the authority's eroding power.
Yoo, the former Bush administration official, said Trump's promise to appoint a special prosecutor to go after Clinton is "a compounded stupidity," because it would erode power that should remain in the executive branch with the Justice Department.
At its worst, it is a charade in which civic bonds erode, power accrues to the few, self-aggrandizement becomes the norm, and tolerance and restraint are consumed by the howling mob.
"We've seen clearly an effort to erode power of the legislative branch," he added.
And, with America being culturally and racially a dominant neo-European nation in its past, many will presume and infer that nationalist ideas will also protect the eroding power of the existing ruling class.
Most notably, one could argue that the Internet has radically decentralized power and eroded the power of traditional media, and has also given rise to citizen journalism.
Further, at university-wide faculty meetings, many have strongly voiced the opinion that faculty decision-making powers have eroded as power has been concentrated at the administrative levels.
Ganz also blamed a suite of changes that eroded the power of labor unions.
At that time, Congress had just completed a historic doubling of the NIH budget, but years of stagnating funding eroded purchasing power because of inflation.
