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Our continuing failure to deal with the environmental declines that are undermining the world food economy forces me to conclude that such a collapse is possible.

But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies.

It will undermine their mutual understanding

Risky Business We are each responsible for our own decisions, even if the decision, making process has been undermined by stress or peer pressure

The savings and loan scandal, the stock market and junk bond swindles, and, of course, Watergate, have undermined the faith of many Americans in the integrity of political and economic leaders and society as a whole

Cheating undermines confidence and independence: the cheater is a fraud, and knows that without dishonesty, he/she would have failed.

Moreover, nonparticipation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

Moreover, non-participation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.

If connections can be bought, a basic premise of democratic society—that all are equal in treatment by government—is undermined.

But demanding too much of air travelers or providing too little security in return undermines public support for the process.

These views of arguments also undermine reason.