The bridge across the Euphrates is of particular interest, in that it was supported on asphalt covered brick piers that were streamlined to reduce the upstream resistance to flow, and the downstream turbulence that would otherwise undermine the foundations.

This shows that Duke William was more in favour of co-operation to consolidate his rule and the experience of dealing with threats to his authority meant that he was able to handle and undermine Anglo-Saxon resistance.

Plutarch also writes that Cornelia may have helped Gaius undermine the power of the consul Opimius by hiring foreign harvesters to help provide resistance.

The Belgian feminist Luce Irigaray used the term to describe a form of resistance where women imperfectly imitate stereotypes about themselves so as to show up these stereotypes and undermine them.

Porlock is unaware that a member of her team, Fyodor Glazunov ( Ciarán Hinds ) is a member of the resistance group RON (‘ Reality Or Nothing ’), which attempts to undermine the reliance of society upon advanced technology by carrying out violent attacks.

In many ways, Cahun and Malherbe's resistance efforts were not only political but artistic actions, using their creative talents to manipulate and undermine the authority which they despised.

The trial occurred in September 1949, its premise being that Field and his agents had worked to undermine the development of indigenous resistance, especially in Germany, in order to strengthen Western influence and create a divided postwar Germany.

In doing so, they have used a variety of tactics and pressures, including physical and mental mistreatment, torture and medical neglect, to exploit POWs for propaganda purposes, to obtain military information or to undermine POW organization, communication and resistance.

In Ireland, the right to free speech is guaranteed under the Constitution ( Article 40. 6. 1. i ), however, this is only an implied right provided that liberty of expression " shall not be used to undermine public order or morality or the authority of the State ".

The harmonization of the tax system across Europe could, however, seriously undermine the financial situation of the grand duchy.

Ultimately, however, the carefully controlled changes he had introduced began subtly to undermine the traditional, authoritarian order.

Bede makes the claim that Oswald " brought under his dominion all the nations and provinces of Britain ", which, as Bede notes, was divided by language between the English, Britons, Scots, and Picts ; however, he seems to undermine his own claim when he mentions at another point in his history that it was Oswald's brother Oswiu who made tributary the Picts and Scots.

The Japanese, however, were frustrated by repeated Chinese attempts to undermine their influence in Korea.

This, it had been suggested, was an attempt to undermine Charlemagne's power, since the rebellion threatened the latter's rule ; Charlemagne, however, crushed the rebels, whilst Carloman's behaviour had simply damaged his own standing amongst the Franks.

It was only in keeping with Besht ’ s character that he welcomed baptism by the Frankists as an end to its threat to mainstream Judaism of the day, for it is related that he said: “ As long as a diseased limb is connected with the body, there is hope that it may be saved ; but, once amputated, it is gone, and there is no hope .” The upheaval caused by the threats of the Frankist movement to destroy mainstream Judaism seemed to undermine Besht ’ s health, however, and he died shortly after the conversion of many Frankists to Christianity.

The uncertainties described above, however, do not undermine the robust finding of an observed long-term increase in global mean temperature, which is supported by a wide range of evidence ( discussed below ).

In general, however, these contests regularly work to undermine the ability of governments to enforce labor standards, such as workers ' compensation, or to raise taxation in order to fund social services and correct externalities ( such as pollution and social degradation ).

He had, however, made a significant enemy who would later try to undermine Newcastle.

That same year, however, Topps faced an attempt to undermine its position from the nascent players ' union, the Major League Baseball Players Association.

This has threatened to undermine Toda culture by greatly diminishing the buffalo herds ; however during the last decade both Toda society and culture have also become the focus of an international effort at culturally sensitive environmental restoration.

Their control over the Greek city states was intermittent, however, since other rulers, particularly the Ptolemies, subsidised anti-Macedonian parties in Greece to undermine the Antigonids ' power.

Maurice proceeded cautiously, however, preferring to undermine the political support of the Oldenbarnevelt regime in Holland.

They note, however, that " the quest for primacy is likely to prove futile for five reasons ": the diffusion of economic and technological capabilities, interstate balancing against the United States, the danger that hegemonic leadership will fatally undermine valuable multilateral institutions, the feasibility of preventive war and the dangers of imperial overstretch.

According to Mamudu, Hammond, and Glantz, however, " these efforts ... did not undermine acceptance of CTE during the FCTC negotiations and CTE remained an authoritative economic analysis of global tobacco control.

An average-quality buck will initially be less expensive to purchase ; however, it can significantly undermine an operation's long-term profitability.

They decided to contest a minority of the seats however, to avoid any perception that they were trying to undermine the ruling party or being seen as agents of instability.

McDunphy however accused the Secretary to the Government and Secretary to the Taoiseach, Maurice Moynihan of plotting to undermine him and take over control of the Office of the President, a claim Moynihan ridiculed in papers now available in the National Archives of Ireland.

If the arguments are weak, however, more thought will undermine persuasion.

But however many times Prince's armies kill all the inhabitants of Water, he and the other rulers of Fire continuously fight amongst themselves until they undermine their rule of the paradise planet and are once more confined to their own tormenting planet.

Critics of nuclear disarmament say that it would undermine deterrence, and if nuclear weapons were completely eliminated, it would destroy the current Nuclear peace the world is experiencing and would make the large Conventional wars, common before the Nuclear age, far more likely.

The authors are said to have studied Bolshevik documents extensively before creating a sensational document in an effort to undermine the Soviet regime's relations with Great Britain.

Like several other nuclear powers, but unlike China, India and North Korea, the United States has never made a no first use pledge, maintaining that pledging not to use nuclear weapons before an opponent would undermine their deterrent.

Kerensky declared freedom of speech, released thousands of political prisoners and did his best to maintain Russian involvement in World War I, but he faced numerous challenges, most of them related to the war: there were some very heavy military losses still being experienced out on the front ; dissatisfied soldiers were deserting in larger numbers than before ( although, when they got back home, they were generally either imprisoned or sent to the front once more ); other political groups were doing their utmost to undermine him ; there was a strong movement in favour of stopping Russia's involvement in the war, which was seen to be draining the country, and many who had initially supported it now wanted out ; there was a great shortage of food and supplies, which was very difficult to remedy in wartime conditions.

In the domains of psychology, education, and to a lesser degree sociology and cultural studies few observers before kinderculture had studied the ways that the information explosion so characteristic of our contemporary era ( hyperreality ) had operated to undermine traditional notions of childhood and change the terrain of childhood education.

* In 2010 PublicMind showed that a clear majority of American voters ( 61 %) supported the idea of having arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States televised, agreeing that the hearings would be “ good for democracy ,” while just a quarter ( 26 %) thought such a move would “ undermine the authority and dignity of the court.

The first way that Descartes tries to undermine his beliefs is by considering the fact he remembers that his senses have deceived him before.

Letters from William Williams, recorded talks he had with Heke, and refer to American traders attempting to undermine the British both before and especially after the signing of the treaty.

When Chen Xiang came of age, he split the mountain with an axe to free his mother, but not before facing people who repeatedly tried to undermine his mission, most notably his own uncle Erlang.

NAM made efforts to undermine organized labor in the United States before the New Deal.

On October 20, just 13 days before Utahns voted on the amendment, the LDS church officially stated that " Any other sexual relations, including those between persons of the same gender, undermine the divinely created institution of the family.

Lowell contends that two of the publication's articles, one entitled Norman Lowell organises BBQ, and another entitled Lowell ’ s neo-Nazis hit out at press after arson attack, as well as an editorial entitled Get the bastards now, before it is too late, constitute a " coordinated, strategic, and orchestrated " effort to undermine his public reputation.

Its goal was to undermine support for the popular Catholic priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who served less than eight months as Haïti's president before being deposed, on 29 September 1991, by a coup.

The author argues that a major effort to introduce hydrogen cars before 2030 would actually undermine efforts to reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.

In the battlefield his role was to undermine the morale of the enemy before the beginning of the battle by slaying their champions in duel.