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These attacks weakened him to the point where he could only be out of bed for 45 minutes a day, and he died soon after the next year.

Even the most frugal among us may have our resolve weakened by the glassy eyes and pouting lips of our children.

Yet if he were to meet all of the protesters' demands, his regime might be fatally weakened.

Although he was weakened by his illness and the chemotherapy treatments, he said he would come to Wye if I thought it would help.

As the sunlight weakened at the beginning of the next night, the instructors ran us out to the beach.

Soil liquefaction is the process by which the strength or stiffness of soil is weakened by an event like the shaking of an earthquake.

Put it at the bottom of the list, because he does not think, I the current weakened state of our economy, we could sustain such a body blow.

Although his sight had seriously weakened, he was able to read newspapers and periodicals in an extra large type specially prepared for him.

I do not want this great cause to be weakened by even a semblance of any personal advantage to any individual.

Larijani said the United States on the Palestinian issue not only reflects the strength of the weakened, and "unable to move in Iraq. "

Then, too, we are a materially improved society, and by our own improvements we seem to have weakened the case for further change.

He supports the Greenpeace view and said the correlation between oil demand and GDP growth has been weakened.

A half-mile of it was as much as he could stand, and he weakened under the strain.

What happened was that the people in the lower orders got looked down on, which weakened their self-esteem.

"The president has not shown leadership at home, " Radford said. "He has hidden behind Congress while they weakened the bill. "

But she seeing herself weakened, and that her hope was lost, took one of her young lions, and set him up for a lion.

But, it has been mentioned that if the Nepal Army is weakened, problems might be created if the Maoists suddenly try to take control?

An attack of smallpox, when he was three, crippled his hands and weakened his eyes.

Opportunities. Especially in a time when many of your competitors may be weakened or frightened, are there openings that you can exploit?

But economic development and urbanization seems to have weakened the social links among people.

Already the sense of enmity between the two had weakened in the face of a common peril.

The FARC, while severely weakened and mostly confined to remote areas close to Colombia's borders, is still capable of damage.

As the core of the collective security mechanism, the role of the UN can only be strengthened and must not be weakened.

Scientists find that patients' immune system becomes severely weakened from trying to fight the AIDS virus.

In its statement, the Fed said that the economic outlook has weakened further since the committee's last meeting in late October. The U.

Mr. Qureshi said it was too early to tell whether the militants had been weakened when the disaster cut off supply lines to the region.

They would survive if their bodies and immune systems had not been weakened by hunger and malnutrition.

From his bulging eyes seemed to spurt inner violence of an uncontrolled vitality which his weakened body could hardly contain.

Since the Reform and Opening, the concept of patriarchism and moral ethics has weakened, but never changed radically.

His weakened condition would not allow of his being questioned by the police .

Consumer and investor protections were weakened and households took on risks that they often did not fully understand and could ill-afford.

But deposit growth has slowed as the flow of trade has weakened due to the uncertain state of the global economy.

The weekend's airstrikes appear to have weakened Col. Gadhafi's forces and revived the struggling rebel movement for the moment.

With weakened allies in Congress, he would have to be a centrist president or an outright failure.

Indeed, declines in interest rates, which also weakened countries' exchange rates, help explain why GDP did not decline even more sharply.

Of course, China will not allow its legitimate means of self-defense to be weakened or even taken away by anyone in anyway.

Such a change made it increasingly popular in the local area, but weakened its competitive edge in a wider scope.

Since then, were wolves can only turn on a full moon and vampires are weakened by the sun.

With my weakened legs there was no way I could untwist myself and stand upright.

Page 78: All that remained was a tired, weakened man drained by the evil spirit. She hugged him tightly.

In the virtual world, subjects have been weakened and subjects and Others' coexistence is only a symbol existence.

With an increasing chain length of polyethylene glycol group linked on niclosamide, the inhibitory effects weakened.

The Fed chairman said demand for housing "seems to have weakened further. "

Prophecies speak of a time when the Balance will falter, weakened by the assault of Chaos and its servants.

Their explanation was that unrest often erupts when a wealthy middle class is weakened.

It weakened into a severe tropical storm and subsequently became an extratropical cyclone over the seas east of Japan two days later.

As I noted earlier, the economy was already in recession, and it had weakened further over the summer.

If the bone is markedly weakened by the metastasis, then a "pathologic" fracture is possible.

Israel says Hamas has been weakened and is facing popular discontent but does not claim it is about to be overthrown.

Barry weakened to a tropical depression as it came ashore in Florida, cancelling all storm warnings and watches along the Gulf Coast.

One woman said her doctor , now head of a famous Beijing hospital, had told her she would be permanently weakened if she gave blood.

Regardless, it tends to happen only when the bond that the brand has enjoyed with the consumer has already been weakened.

Japan is not out of the woods yet, Woodward notes: Buildings and structures weakened by the first quake may not withstand aftershocks.

In the days of the cold war a weakened president might have emboldened other big powers to flex their muscles.

The weakened refugees HAD little resistance to infection of any kind and cholera spread through the camps like wildfire.

Either way, only once those regiments are sufficiently weakened will the Mongols start to function like an ordinary country.

Faced with a rising authoritarian China, and an economically wounded Europe, a weakened United States is casting about for global partners.

The two clans' power, especially that of the Talabanis, from whose party the Change movement was mainly drawn, has been weakened.

The weakened refugees had little resistance to infection of any king and cholera spread through the camps like wild fire.

As one grows older, the senses, weakened and humiliated in their attempt to enjoy this world, become submissive to the desires of the Lord.

after this , approximately a quarter of the hives weakened by disease , mites , or an ageing or dead queen , will have to be replaced.

Weakened and defenseless, the word was quickly locked away, never to be free again.

A very good book if they are missing the title-page, as if the white jade of errors in the weakened its valuable for collection.

As Kratos entered the cave, Eos, Goddess of Dawn and sister to Helios, sat above him, visibly weakened by the absence of the sun.

Like a snake backed into a corner, however, a weakened al Qaeda isn't necessarily less dangerous.

When the Depression hit, families, charities and churches were weakened. And there was more need of them than ever before.

The dark Ones have been severely weakened in recent weeks, and are in retreat.

As a weakened Mubarak leaned more on his Army to save him, the generals' first targets were the "businessmen" in the cabinet.

If the ongoing deleveraging of the US economy weakened US consumption, the economy might go into a deep recession.

Hurricane Alex has brought torrential rain as it weakened to a tropical storm over northeastern Mexico, flooding the city of Monterrey.

Once I got the bottom limb bending like I wanted, I weakened the top limb to make things more even.

In a statement, the Fed said it decided to act in view of a weakened economic outlook and increasing risks to growth.

If it weakened the dollar, however, that would be helpful, not damaging.

Our troops are already bursting through the enemy's weakened defences.

Smoke, air quality, sunlight and poor diet can all contribute to a weakened immune system, particularly in the form of free radicals.

Although Westlife was weakened by the sudden farewell of a skillful member, the boys kept up the legacy.

Second, he discovered that weakened forms of a microbe could be used as an immunization against more virulent forms of the microbe.

Today, years of economic stagnation have weakened the state services that once provided the regime its sole legitimacy.

Sooner or later, the anger will once again well up. The crisis has weakened the government almost to the point of collapse.

And the link between crime and the poverty rate has weakened substantially over the past two or three decades.

Even though a half-mass moon would require less energy to repel, the tides would be so weakened as to nonetheless bring about a closer moon.

of our universe is being weakened. I cannot stop it, but I've discovered a way to slow it down.

Many a strong man has weakened before such a challenge.

Having been weakened by successive storms, the bridge was no longer safe.

Having been operated on twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up. their study habits.

Zardari told reporters in Islamabad that the parties plan to restore parliament powers that had been weakened under President Musharraf.

The crusades weakened feudalism, reduced the rule of the church, and made the Italian cities become a superpower to Mediterranean trade.

The dollar weakened as the pledge failed to quell speculation that the Fed will announce additional bond purchases at its November meeting.

Signs of the disease can include high fever and cases of pneumonia. Pigs weakened by the virus are more likely to get bacterium infections.

The data came out before the opening of the financial markets in New York but stocks in Europe immediately weakened.

Staxx : It's always nice to see a sadistic imperialistic bully weakened. Japan's future lies in remaining America's leashed dog.

Some also worry that these weakened monolines would be less able to honour credit-default swaps (CDS)[3] they had sold to the banks.

But a lacklustre opposition, weakened after losing a two-year battle over the new constitution, also contributed to Mr Morales's victory.

Weakened by successive storms , the bridge was no longer safe .

Arthritis and damaged nerves in her spine weakened her hind legs, causing her a lot of pain.

Whitman notes that the report says violent groups have been weakened, but are still capable of conducting large attacks.

However, in the same period it has weakened against the euro, much to the displeasure of Brussels.

At first that did not seem unreasonable, because the economy had been weakened by the collapse of the dotcom boom.

However, there is no denying that the role of the US dollar in its current status has been weakened at least to some extent.

Since the crisis broke out, the Fed has continuously weakened the quality of the dollar by weakening its balance sheet.

He had so totally given himself to scientific studies that he could not be weakened by a second love.

"The arguments for London have weakened relative to other centres, " he said.

The USD weakened following the FOMC meeting but did not suffer a particularly hard blow.

And because my urban trance had been somehow weakened, I found myself stopping to find out what was wrong.

But even if there were, the case for big banks holding higher levels of loss-absorbing capital would not be weakened.

The arguer's conclusion that the first set of respondents misrepresented their reading habits is critically weakened by this possibility.

The Palestinian Authority hopes that a severely weakened Hamas would be forced by Egypt into a process of reconciliation with Fatah.

The long having been tied has weakened her, how shall she manage now to make a jump start right after having been "untied" ?

Financials also weakened as new trading restrictions in Europe and the U. S. Senate's debate over financial legislation continued.

He wasn't always sure what he was afraid of; but, in his weakened condition, he knew now he was simply fearful of going on alone.

With little or no shelter from the winter cold in and around Stalingrad, German troops were further weakened by a lack of food and supplies.

But at least spot price strength has weakened China's hopes of securing the lower benchmark it seeks.

Weakened by illness and unable to produce and hunt enough food, the Yanomami are reduced to begging and most recently trading sex for food.

Italy's experienced fiscal hawk, Giulio Tremonti, has been weakened by scandal at home and a row with his prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi.

The overall effects are hampered economic development, weakened democratic institutions and a growing culture of impunity.

Additionally, the influence of blood-distance on interpersonal trust will also be weakened with the cumulation of interaction experiences.

Modern medicine, meanwhile, means the hulk's weakened immune system is less likely to expose him to lethal infection.

Derek has allergies to common antibiotics, and Jeffrey is weakened from years of treatment for Hodgkin's disease.

So if the female animal's body is too much weakened by damage, there is a real threat to her chances of making healthy offspring.

First, the pollution theory is weakened by the fact that no one can really find any Dead Sea otters washing off on Alaskan beaches.

It could be that bees have been weakened by an insect virus similar to AIDS.

He suggested that investors had been preparing to take profits anyway after several weeks in which the dollar weakened and stocks declined.

A crucial phrase for a psychology of unpleasant substances, for a theory of the manual imagination of weakened hands.

Weather forecasters say the storm has weakened to a tropical depression as it moved toward northern Bangladesh.

The won has also weakened significantly versus the yen, helping to keep Japanese tourists among the top foreign shoppers in the country.

In fact, the report finds that the relationship between economic growth of these countries and the price of oil has weakened substantially.

This weakened sleep system and inability to get proper restful and energizing sleep creates low energy levels and a weakened immune system.

Peaceful or not, the future of the region will be one of weakened central authority.

Had Iberia fallen to one of BA's European rivals, its position would have been badly weakened.

The United Nations, as the core of the collective security mechanism, must play an enhanced rather than a weakened role in this regard.

The result underscored concerns that more financially weakened euro-zone governments may soon be priced out of the capital markets.

The long-term strength of the dollar will only be weakened by maintaining the Fed's monopoly on our monetary system.

eg. Mother weakened the liquid medicine for her baby by adding water.

Regularly getting too little increases the risk of health problems, including memory impairment and a weakened immune system.

His political alliance has gradually weakened, and his main foreign backer, Saudi Arabia, has repaired its own strained ties with Syria.

This myth comes about from the misconception that the flu vaccine contains a weakened form of the flu virus.

The dollar was slightly firmer and the euro weakened as European Finance Ministers met in Brussels with no concrete results of the meeting.

on 25 july , fengshen weakened into a severe tropical storm when it approached kyushu of japan , disrupting air and sea traffic there.

The writer's argument is greatly weakened by the lack of examples of factory work where robots are better than humans.

Live influenza vaccine contains weakened influenza virus that multiplies poorly but is unable to cause disease.

However, prolonged hospitalization was making enough waist weakened, take some time to go back to work, must be used quickly.

Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries.

Coal-bearing soil is weakened when encountering water and its strength is sharply dropped down with increasing water content.

Although the US remains the biggest buyback market, corporate balance sheets there have been weakened significantly by the credit squeeze .

It now seems clear that the latest crisis has strengthened, not weakened, Japan's distinctive form of capitalism.

The body's weakened immune system and its inability to stave off infections are to blame.

The analogy is not the newspaper business, which has been weakened by the distribution of knowledge on the Internet, he notes.

So susceptibility to cold symptoms is not a sign of a weakened immune system, but quite the opposite.

Three days in succession she asked his permission to go to church, and his opposition weakened in the face of her tears.

The dollar also weakened sharply as any benefits from a quick result were just as quickly brushed aside.

Manufacturing indexes from Asia to the U. S. to Europe fell in July as demand weakened and the global recovery from recession lost momentum.

Stress incontinence occurs when your pelvic floor muscles have been weakened, and can no longer keep your urethra fully closed.

"Leadership by the Party can only be strengthened and in no way weakened, " he told the delegates.

power of the people's republic under the leadership of the working class must not be weakened but must be strengthened.

The strain of the last few days has weakened him considerably.

The euro has weakened by about 10% against the dollar since the beginning of 2010.

He had weakened, they thought, and had returned to a life of luxury.

But gains will be weakened, or even zero-down in addition to the possibility of entering consolidation.

With member interest weakened by outside shareholders, it became easier for the leadership of the two exchanges to contemplate combining.

If this revenue has been weakened energy exports, Russia's ambition to revive the great powers will also be frustrated.

The robust young pitcher performed with his usual vigor for seven innings, but he weakened in the eighth and was removed from the game.

Before arguing that the crisis has weakened economics, one has to understand how economic science works.

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Moreover, the skepticism on Afghanistan comes at a time when Mr. Obama is weakened politically.

A few years later, weakened by US fiscal profligacy, the Bretton Woods fixed exchange rate system anchored on the US currency collapsed.

Any effort to convince China to join international sanctions might also have to be weakened in key points.

The weakened euro also has aided car companies by boosting the margins of vehicles exported from Europe to the U. S. and China.

Once HIV has severely weakened the immune system, antiretroviral drugs are less likely to be life-saving.

Panetta said that Qadhafi's forces are weakened, as evidenced by recent senior defections from his regime.

This legal safeguard is part of our common law for good reason and should not be weakened or removed.

But in terms of "negative nation capacity" , mechanism has not yet established. Therefore, the integral nation capacity is greatly weakened.

As a result, this drought is likely to have the cultural impact of the great 1930s drought, which hammered an already weakened nation.

The fundamental backdrop further supports this view given the weakened view for Eurozone rates over the past few days.

If, as the protesters demand, this patronage system were ended, Mr Assad's hand would be severely weakened.

As compared to days gone by, the family structure has weakened so much that people have developed uncaring and self serving attitudes.

Later, however, the parasite can emerge from its dormant state to strike when a patient's immune system is weakened.

The across-the-board collapse in returns during the crisis has weakened the appeal of diversification, too.

A: Oral polio vaccine (OPV) contains a weakened version of poliovirus, activating an immune response in the body.

Tinker with its culture, the game's executives say, and the sport would be irretrievably weakened.

A housing collapse following the worst bubble in Europe severely weakened its lenders, raising fears of the need for banking bailouts.

They may have weakened over land, but their power was still immense, swamping coastal areas of the region within weeks of each other.

And scenario and libretto are the foundations of TV and movie play arts, and this idea should not be weakened.

money-losing mess, long weakened by vigorous competition from truckers in its home state of California.

After two world wars, the British economic power severely weakened, the colonial market will shrink.

The oral polio vaccine contains a weakened version of poliovirus, activating an immune response in the body.

The strongest force lifting oil prices at the moment is America's weakened dollar.

The euro has weakened against most global currencies, favouring exports out of the euro zone.

Japanese productivity growth weakened greatly as a result of the ensuing zombie congestion.

Britain's Gordon Brown, another weakened leader every bit as eager to cuddle up close to the US president, must wait until next week.

As the economy weakened, the perception that stimulus was not Washington's top priority disturbed the public.

The advance is mainly commercially motivated, but its economic support could be a blessing for weakened economies in the region.

Regardless of what weakened it, though, it was not rising temperatures that caused the sudden break up.

Your pelvic floor muscles can be weakened by a number of different factors which are outlined below.

But the first thing for Lazio is to be aware of our possibilities. We were not weakened last summer, we have 28 competitive players.

She worries the perception of a weakened military will encourage terrorists and rogue nations to attack U. S. interests.

On that long journey, weakened by hunger and illness, his mother died.

Combined with fundamental situation, weakened downstream market trading, PTA uplink power start failure, rising sharply, is likely to slow.

Some of them can possibly be mobilized to join the regular troops, on condition that guerrilla warfare is not impaired or weakened.

At lifting of foot, a thread tension it should be weakened, but this unit is not adjusted and does not work.

or to develop a vaccine to enhance the immune response is weakened in order to achieve protective immunity in adults.

Indeed, "the renminbi has actually weakened in trade-weighted terms since the reform was announced" .

But it can, and must, be weakened, forced to retreat and deprived of the ability to attack across the international border at will.

National and regional characteristics tend to be weakened by frequent and extensive interchange.

The end of the boom left them severely weakened, with no freedom over their interest rates and currency to make any correction.

Greater trauma awaits the FDP, which may be so weakened that it can no longer furnish coalitions with majorities.

It may not happen overnight, as a badly weakened Qaddafi tries desperately to hang on to power.

Soybean futures had been weakened by exceptionally large plantings reported earlier last week, but are back to pre-report levels.

Until the An-Shi Armed Rebellion, the Tang government had no more advantage and the national power was weakened.

But the LDP's electoral machine is now weakened, and the outcome of the race is in doubt.

Growth is slowing worldwide. It weakened from a year earlier in 19 of 26 countries that reported April-June data.

The enemy lines were weakened by shelling.

As I found my own masculine power within me, the need to seek and consume another man's masculinity weakened.

My firm's research predicted then that the government would curb capital spending and excess liquidity just as exports weakened.

More than ever, the United States attracts international travelers due to the weakened American dollar.

Now the PSDB is in its third term of opposition in Brasilia, and though it still governs Sao Paulo state, it is weakened by internal feuds.

The dollar has weakened sharply, raising the spectre of the complete collapse that bears have been predicting for years.

From these Wars, English feudalism received its death blow. The great medieval( mediaeval ) nobility was much weakened.

Until now, Lee's face had shown no emotion. But for a moment, his self-control weakened. Grant could see how badly Lee wanted this.

The economy was struggling before the uprising, which started in March, but eight and a half months of chaos have weakened it still further.

Yet, in several instances, justices acted in ways that weakened the court's reputation for being independent and impartial.

If Mrs Merkel is forced to rely on opposition votes to enact the most important law of her chancellery she will be weakened.

The dollar weakened against the euro and sterling ahead of the jobs data and commodity futures, which are priced in dollars, advanced.

Governments weakened by some tough but unpopular decisions in the last crisis could make wrong but popular ones next time round.

"Our departed master weakened this Order. His policies lacked courage. The time has come to move in a different direction. "

If the attack does not kill the Samurai's enemy, her defenses are greatly weakened: Resistances suffer and Resist Spells suffer.

How lucky we were! The typhoon weakened several minutes later. So, we celebrated together for the success.

Mr. Bush says the enemy is weakened but still a threat.

America's MedImmune has come up with a nasal spray that uses a live flu virus in a weakened form.

When the pressure of population on housing decreases, prices also go down and the building industry is weakened.

Weakened infrastructures, including those for communications and transportation, are another problem.

However , European M&A activity weakened for the fifth consecutive quarter as sovereign debt worries deterred corporate acquisitions .

Pregnant women, vaginal secretions increased, not only easy to decay genitals, but also to the resistance of bacteria also weakened.

Seasonal flu vaccines use either an inactivated or weakened form of the flu virus.

when she was weakened past the point of saying no.

now a weakened Ceylon invited invasion, possibly with limited objectives, the taking of Trincomalee, a more convenient base.

It is therefore no coincidence that this is where the weakened Taliban is putting their effort.

If a doctor overlooks the social and mental background of his patient, his medical service can be weakened.

The beams had weakened to the point of being dangerous.

Political parties and civic institutions were weakened and legitimate protest squelched, often brutally, by the despotic Mr Conte.

One reason to focus on prevention: A weakened Achilles is vulnerable to a tear or rupture, which can sideline an athlete for months.

rolling peening treatment has obviously decreased surface compressive residual stress on rolling pieces, which weakened rolling effect.

In 2000, Typhoon Bilis weakened into a low-pressure area over southeastern China after landing.

Furthermore, "Indian raids" also weakened any hopes of defense and unification, and gradually the population of the colony declined.

But in the long run it serves no one's interest if US capital markets are weakened.

He feels nostalgic about a mystery girl who named "Daughter of the Nile" , but unrequited love age weakened his great aspiration.

With a different surname, he could have a glittering career at another media firm. Newspapers have weakened him.

His eyes weakened as he grew older.

However, humidity was a serious problem because it weakened and eventually destroyed the glues used to bind the composite bow together.

While that programme is credited with preventing a major downturn, it has weakened confidence in the banking sector.

But Legionella bacteria can cause a form of pneumonia in people with weakened immune systems.