The city officials also publicly invited the F.B.I. to investigate the department -- an invitation that Daniel J. French, then the United States attorney for the Northern District, later said undermined plans for an undercover investigation.
While the popularity of the Early Excellence approach has undermined plans for a national boycott proposed by some teaching unions, the DfE is concerned that it and teacher-led KS1 assessments may not be robust enough to measure progress.
The project has also been criticised by the European commission, which says it undermines plans for a closer energy union, and eastern European states such as Ukraine, who say it is designed to increase Russia's geopolitical power.
Environmentalists and the gas-and-oil industry do not agree on much, but in New York they see eye-to-eye on one thing: both believe that cuts to the state environmental agency's staff will undermine plans for natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, a controversial but potentially huge source of new revenue for the cash-strapped state.
This is a kind of economic co-operation agreement originally proposed by Mr Chavez in a bid to undermine plans for a hemispheric Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
Prices tend to increase when the economic outlook is brighter — potentially creating headaches for consumers and undermining plans by businesses for expansion.
Worst-Case Scenario: The starting rotation, gutted by free agency (Dallas Keuchel and Charlie Morton) and injuries (Lance McCullers Jr ., fails to come close to matching the historic production from last season and undermines plans for a third consecutive AL West title.
George Osborne, the chancellor, is aiming to unblock long-running talks over financing the £1bn extension of the Northern line from Kennington to Nine Elms amid concern that delays to the project could undermine redevelopment plans for the area.
— President Obama on Friday accused some insurance companies of trying to undermine his plans for overhauling health care by "funding in opposition," a comment that could inflame tensions at a time when Mr. Obama is hoping to keep insurers at the negotiating table.
It added: "It undermines government plans for aviation, delays decision-making, and diverts the efforts of government and industry to mitigate the environmental impacts of aviation". Raven said some economic arguments behind airport expansion, such as the financial value of transfer passengers who spend a short time in the UK, were "fundamentally grey".
