Cutting spending now will weaken the economy.

A Yes invigorates the axis a No weakens it.

A lower corporate tax rate would weaken this justification.

The irrationality of such resistance is not likely to weaken it.

I hope this won't affect our friendship.

Demographics will weaken America's militaristic approach to the world.

Will Australia loosen up its copyright regime?

Strengthening them will drastically weaken the UK s influence in the EU.

Any reinforcement of its power will necessarily weaken Lebanon and the region s democratic forces.

Is the US prepared to go along with a reform of the international monetary system that reduces the dollar s role?

Weakness in the rest of the world implies a stronger dollar, which will invariably weaken US growth.

War against Iraq will invariably be divisive and weaken the kingdom s already delicate unity.

Is the US prepared to go along with a reform of the international monetary system that reduces the dollar s role?

With the polls forecasting a No vote, the euro remains strong in the currency markets.

The damage they will do will likely weaken the US and add instability to the world economy.

What kind of economic boom might stagnating Pakistan enjoy if patriarchy relaxed its grip?

If cutting into Iran s oil income fails to weaken Ahmadinejad, the US would retain military options.

Demographics will weaken America's militaristic approach to the world. Much of Bush's support comes from white fundamentalist Christian men.

Even if not, the flight of millions of Sunni refugees will weaken the foundations of neighboring states, including Jordan.

Any open rupture will weaken the hands of the reformers who want to have close ties with the West and the US.

Ukraine s energy infrastructure is weak losing 8 10 of our electricity production and 100 million in revenues will strain the system even more.

Moreover, the authorities should recognize that RMB appreciation is unlikely to reduce US China trade tensions. Consider the experience of Japan bashing in the 1980 s, when the Yen Dollar end year exchange rate plunged from 248 in 1984 to 162 in 1986, and then to 123 in 1988.

Moreover, the authorities should recognize that RMB appreciation is unlikely to reduce US China trade tensions.

The government will also loosen controls on the powers it delegates to companies, making sure that companies decide how to run their businesses.

The main questions are how authoritarian he will become, or whether this pathetic campaign will weaken him.

A lower rate would strengthen incentives for investment and job creation in the US, and weaken incentives for tax avoidance.

The eurozone should also pursue a policy partially via looser monetary policy that weakens the value of the euro significantly and restores the periphery s competitiveness.

This would hurt and weaken Saddam, and establish unmistakably the message that defiance of the UN carries severe penalties.

A single seat at the UN, the IMF, or the World Bank would elevate Europe to the same level as the US and would augment, rather than diminish, its global influence.

The experience of 1914 implies that a credible alternative can replace an entrenched world currency, especially after an unfavorable balance of trade has weakened it.

Yanukovych s policies will significantly weaken Ukraine s hard won independence and its ability to pursue closer ties to the Euro Atlantic community, which the US has supported.

However, his campaign has been hinting that, if elected, Moussavi will loosen some social and cultural restrictions.

Should it lose this, it would drastically weaken its own position vis à vis its potential regional partners (and rivals), despite its ideal geopolitical location.

Even if Rocca is right, the anger flowing in Pakistan's streets will drastically weaken moderate opinion while further radicalizing Islamic groups. However, if the war drags on, if Baghdad comes under siege with heavy civilian casualties or if weapons of mass destruction are actually used all bets could be off.

Even if Rocca is right, the anger flowing in Pakistan's streets will drastically weaken moderate opinion while further radicalizing Islamic groups.

However, his campaign has been hinting that, if elected, Moussavi will loosen some social and cultural restrictions.

But even a purely rhetorical structure would probably sound the death knell of the OAS, and weaken its human rights instruments, which have proved increasingly valuable and effective.

I am really surprised that you attach so much importance to my role and that you believe that destroying my family would weaken Irakli , Panjikidze wrote on Facebook.

But markets are more pragmatic if, as is almost surely the case, austerity weakens economic growth, and thus undermines the capacity to service debt, interest rates will not fall.

Besides its obvious benefits to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s retrograde government, this will deftly weaken the South Caucasus s links with the West, which the US and Europe have spent a decade fostering.

This implies that, unless the US resumes its role as consumer of last resort, the latest bout of financial market jitters will weaken the global economy again.

Lower risk also will bring inflation expectations down and reduce interest rates, which will in turn speed up the compression of Polish government bond yields to comparable EU levels, increasing financial stability.

If negotiations stall, financial and liquidity stress, resulting from Greece inability to borrow at current interest rates ten year bond yields have reached 9.5 will weaken the fiscal position and banking system further.

BEIRUT Hezbollah s armed insurrection in May, which overran Beirut and other parts of Lebanon, has dealt a further blow to hopes of true state sovereignty in the country, strengthening Hezbollah and weakening the Western backed government.

A restructuring of Greece s official debt, despite offering short term benefits, would weaken that framework in the long run by setting a precedent for exceptions, with other eurozone countries, sooner or later, requesting the same concession.