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But Gorbachev's reforms were undermined by structural contradictions in the economy and the one-party state, as Kotkin demonstrates, although it is unclear whether he believes the system was reformable at all.

In its timing, authorship and style of reporting, the book is strikingly reminiscent of the one Mr. Corsi wrote with John O'Neill about Mr. Kerry, "Unfit for Command," which included various accusations that were ultimately undermined by news reports pointing out the contradictions.

But he was undermined by bad knees.

Many feel undermined by such an appointment.

It's not undermined by our country.

Unfortunately, they are undermined by their surroundings.

It is felt that the authority of science might be undermined by the dissemination of dubious results as well as by revelations of internal uncertainty, argument, and contradiction apparent concomitants of esoteric science (as noted by Ludwik Fleck over half a century ago 1), where knowledge only gets stabilized and simplified as one moves to the exoteric circles of the public.

His health was undermined by diabetes.

Walls could be undermined by a sap.

The Venice Biennale is built on paradox and contradiction: against the grain of globalization, the Biennale follows a model of representation by nation-states, and its non-commercial structure is undermined by the extravagant cost of mounting an exhibition there.

Their nakedness is undermined by their posture.