Although economic strategies have been fairly successful, top-down decision-making practices have effectively excluded many local actors from the policy process, and the creation of special purpose enclaves in suburban areas has weakened prospects for the development of governance institutions at the metropolitan scale.
A17 The attacks strengthen, not weaken, prospects of Congressional support for Mr. Bush's anti-missile plan.
A20 Immigration lawyers say the fact that Elian is now in the custody of his father probably weakens prospects for his being granted asylum.
Both seemed to hold themselves aloof from the public slugfest waged by their seconds, as if to avoid weakening prospects of unifying the nation when the moment arrives.
In explaining its move on Italy, S.& P. cited weakening prospects for economic growth and higher-than-expected levels of government debt as reasons for lowering its debt rating by one notch to A from A+.
The very bluntness of the Growth and Opportunity report reflects the seriousness of the moment the Republican Party faces: increasing difficulty holding on to its House majority; weakening prospects of regaining control of the Senate; and the threat of unending Democratic control of the White House.
When people talk about inequality these days, they are often talking about three different issues: the astonishing rise of the very rich, the stagnant wages and weakening prospects of the American middle class, and the large number of people at the bottom of the ladder.
Nevertheless, the Islamist presence in the next parliament seems likely to be weaker than in the previous one.With the Islamist lobby in parliament much weakened, the prospects for political reform have deteriorated.
Critics of the program argued variously that the scheme was unworkable, that it encouraged a further arms race, and that it undermined established arms-control agreements and weakened the prospects for further arms-control agreements.
The suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon appear to have strengthened, not weakened, the prospects for Congressional support of President Bush's missile defense plan.
The long-term credit rating of AT&T was cut by two notches yester day by Moody's Investors Service, because of what Moody's called "weakened revenue prospects for the long-distance voice and data industry".
