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But the national interests of individual European states in maintaining their IMF quotas and votes undercut the ability of the single market to engage with the world.
And they say that using them would undercut the ability of the United States to protest when such tribunals are used against American citizens in other countries.
Many governors also registered their opposition to the legislation, saying the curbs might undercut the ability of states to raise revenues through the sale of lottery tickets online.
The objective was to "destroy warehouse and contents," which it went on to say would undercut the ability of Serbian forces to receive new supplies.
The senators also said the plan would undercut the ability of commanders to threaten courts-martial and carry out non-judicial punishments.
If we lack the air necessary for a healthy life (or, indeed, for any kind of life), it is because we have filled it with chemicals and undercut the ability of plants to regenerate it.
Pulling back on American involvement in these countries would undercut the ability to build cultural bridges that in theory diminish the sort of hostility now vividly on display.
"The players are now stampeding out the door to play, undercutting the ability of the union leaders," said James Katz, the director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University.
"The cuts that are being proposed by the Bush administration will cause a massive hemorrhaging of resources in New York, including undercutting the ability of many of our institutions to train tomorrow's doctors," said Kenneth E. Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospital Association, which represents both public and private hospitals.
He also said that Fitzgerald's proposal to require mutual funds to have independent chairmen was "undercutting" the ability of funds that already have independent-majority boards.
The epidemic contributes to the crisis by reducing production and income, as labour and capital are lost to disease and death (Maunder & Wiggins, 2006); undercutting the ability of households to cope with shocks; and contributing to losses of scarce, skilled staff in the public service and private enterprise.
