In a report published this week the OECD, while applauding Spain's "remarkable" performance, noted that its relatively high inflation had undermined its competitiveness.Olivier Blanchard, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sees Spain as a plausible next victim of what he calls "the rotating slumps under the euro".
Groups like Hezbollah and even Al Qaeda stand poised to take advantage and press varying nightmare agendas, to undermine relatively moderate Arab governments, or to join in a more overt assault on the very existence of Israel.
However, the government restructuring and economic reform process benefited relatively few while undermining the livelihood and well-being of the majority of Bolivians.
Have we really learned nothing from the past?PAUL TEMPLELondonScotland's oilSIR Your normally rigorous and relatively impartial Scottish coverage is undermined in your article, "It's England's oil too" (January 16th).
Recent high-profile crime in otherwise-stable neighborhoods undermined the good news of relatively lower crime rates.
In fact, do we really want a relatively enlightened leader like King Abdullah in Jordan undermined by widespread street demonstrations?
"As a publisher you are relatively powerless, your key revenue generator is being undermined".
The only way that victory will be undermined is if turnout fails to meet the relatively high threshold needed for it to be legally binding.
Profit margins for iron-ore miners were thin, even if relatively consistent compared to other metals.This arrangement, however, has been undermined by two consecutive upheavals.
In recent years, Americans' confidence has been further undermined by the highly publicized deaths of two relatively healthy volunteers in studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the University of Pennsylvania.
Several policies have been implemented to counter the negative aftermath of economic reform in the early 1980s, which seriously undermined the public health system, especially in the relatively poorer rural areas.
