But Iran experts say the very caustic, and very public, nature of the debate in Iran over the proposed nuclear deal suggests that the deep divisions cemented by the summer's disputed presidential election have complicated, if not undermined, the ability to resolve such a major issue.
"They will be lawful and they will be passive and people should in no way have any type of apprehension about what will happen, but at the end of the day, there's a principle here and when democracy has been tarnished, if not undermined by the decisions of this Parades Commission, and people are entitled to protest against that".
"In my view, he would contradict if not undermine the Obama message of change, turning a new page on foreign policy and national security".
Though the queen could not dictate what Mrs. Thatcher could do in office, her clear support for the antiapartheid movement helped bracket, if not undermine, the prime minister's position in the eyes of the world.
But in the end, if negotiations are not undermined by a new round of unrest, Mr. Arafat must decide if he is ready to make a deal with an Israeli government willing to offer the most generous compromise terms possible under current political circumstances.
Might he today be directing A-list stuff if I had not undermined his career path with my mean little fits of critical dismissal and pique?
In practice, though, even if it has not undermined the model, it has at least acquired a free-marketeering momentum of its own which is at variance with the traditions of the "social-model".
A sex worker's right to sexual autonomy is not undermined if she retains the right to withdraw from her labor contracts at any time (Tuana and Shrage 2003, 33).
If, however, they are not undermined, the two are alike insofar as the accomplishment of the two accumulations and the attainment of the two awakened bodies (kāyas), and so forth, are concerned.
If the basic tier is not undermined by higher tiers, and if the structure of the inequality that results is not objectionable, then it is difficult to see why some tiering should not be allowed.
Even if they may not undermine their own privacy setting options, they are not particularly inclined to adhere to preferences that are expressed through other vendors' software.
