| 单词 | defang |
| 例句 | What better way to defang a secret society than to make public its most secret information? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And committing to some version of this throughout the season shorted a number of secondary characters and defanged the season's main adversaries. If only "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" had the guts and time to "get weird" enough for TV 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Unionization, once a powerful weapon in the arsenal of the nation's workforce, looks to be making a comeback – at least marginally, after decades of declining membership and strong-arm tactics by management to defang it. America’s next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z But, of the two, it was Stewart who was serious about trying to dismember and defang the Fox worldview. Stephen Colbert Cheats Death One Last Time 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Those touches created a striking contrast with the fast, loud and intensely bitter sections that invariably followed, but Shostakovich’s slow music should not be defanged. Music Review: Berlioz, Shostakovich and G?rard Depardieu 2011-04-18T21:35:20Z Wong-Wear fears the city’s artistic and progressive edginess is being “defanged” by the influx of wealth. Amid ‘most important election of our lifetime,’ Seattle musician-activists turn up the volume 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Of course, the surrounding metropolis, once so wild and teeming with life, has been tamed, defanged, and now feels utterly suburban. Eric Drooker’s “Central Park Row” 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Deep-fried chicken is tempered by a sticky sauce like unresolved candy, made of pickled garlic, tomato paste and defanged chiles. Khao Man Gai, Rich, Heady and as Good as Its Rice 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Accompanied in jazzy fashion by piano and drums and partially crooned by Ms. Scheen, it was utterly defanged. Review: L’Arpeggiata Continues to Push Early Music’s Boundaries 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z While at Versace, it was very grunge, the defanged kind. No Sex, No Politics, No Risk 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The Prison Break and Legends of Tomorrow actor took to social media Monday to defang an image that surfaced online and ridiculed his past weight gain. 'Prison Break' Star Wentworth Miller Shuts Down Fat-Shaming Meme 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z But one strange truth is that his tactics have resulted in a further conflation of journalism and entertainment in a way that has defanged the way the press covers him as well as Congress. Jon Stewart is right: How long will the media play Trump’s game? 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z These elites were keen on defanging the Japanese military, but tried to block land, labor and electoral change. The Debate to Use Atomic Bombs Against Japan 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Drake has defanged that kind of dis before. How Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon” Viciously Undercuts Drake’s Celebrity 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Because, as Markoe puts it, “once you can make a joke about a thing, you have defanged it.” A long history of being dissed: New audio book uses humor to recount mistreatment of women 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z But this big, splashy show, which is quite entertaining at times, is hampered by a shambolic jumble of sisterhood 101 messaging and defanged fantasy revisionism. ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Review: Cinderella, Liberated (Again) 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Still, this “Call of the Wild,” however defanged and updated, doesn’t lack for exciting canine brawls or tense rescues from frozen waters. ‘The Call of the Wild’ Review: Man’s Best Friend? Cartoon Dog. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z And thus the sheer terror of unaccountable power is defanged by the instrumentality of humour and the carnivalesque. The N-Word: a volcano kept active by the flickering embers of racism 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z While its title begins with a common vulgar interjection, it is nonetheless a sweetly dark look at a life stage, something resembling the HBO series “Girls,” but defanged a bit. At Home With Emma Koenig: Emma Koenig’s So-Called Redacted Life 2012-07-25T23:06:08Z None of this has escaped fashion itself, which as a rule has attempted to embrace artists who use its products as material, thus defanging the critical potential of the work. Tech Bro Uniform Meets Margaret Thatcher. Disruption Ensues. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z I reviewed the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert’s rendition of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony on Thursday — and criticized it as defanged. Review: ‘Angels in America,’ Carved to the Bone and Into an Opera 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The shows draw is its veneer of family-friendly innocence, and even its most controversial participant, Sarah Palin, has been defanged by the political establishment. "The Masked Singer" may not normalize Rudy Giuliani, but its a crime to even try to make him cuddly 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z She was determined to defang the sort of routine, easy colorism that becomes cultural shorthand, to see the black subject irrespective of the white gaze, sometimes without recourse even to the word “black.” ‘How We Weep for Our Beloved’: Writers and Thinkers Remember Toni Morrison 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z But "True Wolf" succeeds at least partly in defanging the legend and questioning its value. 'True Wolf': Trying to defang myths about misunderstood species 2012-06-21T20:23:10Z The appropriation of her work is, at least in part, about defanging it through ubiquity and over-familiarity. Review | Artist Barbara Kruger is still right about everything. Let’s listen up. 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z But that journey didn’t continue: This ended up a healthy-minded, sincere, rather defanged Seventh. Review: Alan Gilbert Leaves the Philharmonic, Violin in Hand 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z This is his memoir of the year and a half he spent trying to conquer, or, at least, defang the traits that were wrecking his marriage. New Books From Joe Dunthorne, David Finch and Stef Penney 2012-01-18T22:38:31Z History teaches us that the Republican agenda seeking to defang all government regulation since Reagan is a factual reality. Eating Away at Government From the Inside 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z By defanging one villain to enhance the aura of another, the show resolves one personal, psychological mystery while retaining the threat of another large scale disaster. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 6: Walk, Talk ... Duck! 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z He’s the chef of two-year-old Restaurant Ask, near the Helsinki Cathedral, which is where I find the defanged fungus in a loose and creamy risotto dotted with lemon compote. Helsinki’s food scene, coming on strong Instead, this is, weirdly, a revision of “The Tempest” in which the monster-slave is even more defanged than in the original story. Margaret Atwood rewrites Shakespeare. Who will do it next — Gillian Flynn? Yes. 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z It’s one of the achievements of McBurney’s staging that he defanged this dichotomy — I heard no discernible laughter at the book’s misogynistic quips — by satirizing the men’s smugness. Review: Pulling Back the Curtain on ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Cartoons, like fairy tales, often require death as a plot device, but they want it slightly defanged. From Concerts to Cartoons: Chopin’s Most Famous Composition 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z And the vegetation — large swaths of wildflowers, heather and grass — was defanged. Blond hedgehogs, and more alluring strangeness of the Channel Islands 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Don’t expect a revelatory read of Mozart’s opera, but do look forward to an improvement on the Met’s defanged current production. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z I was reminded of how I used to feel when I watched “The Twilight Zone” or “Goosebumps” when I was younger — a defanged fear. ‘Not Much Scares Me.’ Then She Entered the Haunted House. 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z She engages in some nice flirty banter with her boss, Jason, and now faces the task of defanging MacLeish, an American hero and the man most likely to be the next vice president. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 5: Who’s the Real Hero? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z But as so often, this diluted Gulliver's Travels is presented as if it were a children's story, clearly influenced by similarly defanged versions of Alice In Wonderland. Gulliver's Travels ? review 2010-12-23T22:36:00Z That’s clearly part of Lee’s plan: to defang mortality by turning it into a “Hey Jude” singalong at a Beatles tribute concert. Review: In ‘We’re Gonna Die,’ Pop Songs for the Reaper 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z At its best the series, a swift half-hour at a time, distilled and defanged the world it represented, giving HBO subscribers a fantasy picture of New York they could both aspire and relate to. | 'Sex and the City 2': Sarah Jessica Parker, Flying Down to Abu Dhabi 2010-05-26T20:10:00Z That’s because the partially defanged witch, Katrina Crane, nearly gives birth to someone/something much more foul in this week’s episode, dubbed “Deliverance.” 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: Special delivery from hell 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Warner Bros. preemptively defanged the story’s central character, a slithering bond trader and self-proclaimed “Master of the Universe” named Sherman McCoy, by casting Hanks, recently of “Big.” A New Podcast Rekindles a Box-Office Bomb 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Must a musical intended for popular consumption defang the anger of its powerful subject and, in doing so, whitewash her most interesting problems? Review: In ‘The Cher Show,’ I Got You, Babe. And You. And You. 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Early on, you notice a certain defanged quality. Review: In ‘Deep South,’ Paul Theroux Takes an Eye-Opening Road Trip 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The surprising answer is that it doesn’t land at all, because Doyle has defanged the moment, speeding it up to a manic pace. Review: This Revival of Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Misses Its Mark 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z By closely examining the demise of five writers who have long fascinated her, Roiphe hopes to defang death, which has haunted her since an early brush with mortality when she was 12. In 'The Violet Hour,' Katie Roiphe looks at five great writers shuffling off this mortal coil 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z I only wish the owners wouldn’t defang the more ferocious elements of the cuisine, whether tamping down the heat or limiting the menu to more American-friendly plates. The 10 best Ethiopian restaurants in the Washington area 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z This also has a way of defanging movies, however, with the main character’s only stroke of complexity relegated to something simple and inoffensive. Hollywood needs to stop letting stars author their own biopics | Charles Bramesco 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z He’s the chef of two-year-old Restaurant Ask, near the Helsinki Cathedral, which is where I find the defanged fungus in a loose and creamy risotto dotted with lemon compote. Helsinki’s food scene, coming on strong Goat brain "foie gras" bathed in defanged green chili and served with beer flavored with coriander, orange peel and licorice? In Bangkok, A Passage to India 2011-04-07T10:40:00Z The album is preëmptive self-critique, an attempt to defang male aggression by letting it feed on itself. A Punk Band That Knows “The Bar Is Low” for Straight White Men 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z And the more I heard, the more Alex’s story became defanged. The Accident No One Talked About 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Others have argued that sheer repetition is the way to defang the word. Has Django Unchained defused the 'n-bomb'? 2013-01-14T17:26:56Z It’s a laugh line, defanging or absorbing what might otherwise seem sentimental. Sheldon Harnick, Musical Theater’s Great Marriage Broker 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z I see "I Care a Lot" as a warning against this kind of "defanged feminism," as Dawn Foster calls the Sheryl Sandberg ethos. “I Care A Lot” is a stinging indictment of neoliberal “girlboss” feminism 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Culture likes to imagine the post-menopausal woman defanged; her fertility was her venom, and without it, all her concerns are comic. Golden oldies: The Golden Girls was Sex and the City on HRT 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Instead, the filmmakers focus on the process of crossing a river or defanging a lynch mob — or maneuvering inside a vein-tightening bonnet. 'Meek's Cutoff': Wagon-train tale blazes an arty trail through Oregon 2011-05-05T23:56:04Z “Those books defanged her, declawed her, to make her more palatable,” Kasi Lemmons, the film’s director, said. Harriet Tubman Facts and Myths: How the Movie Tried to Get it Right 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z But mostly it’s harmless — punk defanged and declawed — because mostly it’s empty, devoid of heart and humanity and anything resembling a big idea. Green Day: Rock’s saddest joke 2012-07-16T21:10:00Z Or is it about an insidious welcome, a spurious inclusion, a learned pantomime of liberal friendliness, whose purpose is to disarm and defang grievance and relegitimise white class supremacy for the 21st century? Why Get Out should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Still, it’s hard to imagine this defanged “Carrie” ever raising your blood pressure, or even making your flesh crawl. Theater Review: MCC?s ?Carrie? the Musical at the Lucille Lortel 2012-03-02T03:00:01Z Although Congress has made noises about strengthening creative rights, a phalanx of lobbyists is likely to defang any new legislation. The Anxious Ease of Apple Music 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Beckett’s reputation in the popular mind has been de-spindled and defanged in recent years, thanks to the bumper sticker popularity of a few words he wrote. ‘Echo’s Bones,’ a Beckett Short Story Rediscovered 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Deforestation of the Amazon had soared to a 15-year high under Bolsonaro, who called for the development of the rainforest, emboldening loggers and miners to invade protected areas, while defanging environmental authorities. Biden and Brazil’s Lula meeting in New York to discuss labor, climate 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Or defang it, maybe by further limiting it to negotiating just pay and benefits and not job protections for bad officers? ‘Feel safer yet?’ Seattle police union’s contempt keeps showing through 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z But atop a regulatory agency that has been at times defanged by both Congress and revolving-door lobbying, Khan seems hellbent on proving that public watchdogs still have teeth. Who is Lina Khan? Meet the unshakeable FTC chair rattling Big Tech 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z As Chrissie, Linney is a model of restraint, keeping her character’s counsel while subtly attempting to defang the resentments of the others. ‘The Miracle Club’ review: An authentic if predictable road to redemption 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z But Mr. McCarthy has been set on not replicating those mistakes, trying to defang his biggest detractors by rewarding them with committee chairmanships and powerful positions on the Rules Committee. House Is Paralyzed as Far-Right Rebels Continue Mutiny Against McCarthy 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z He defanged a once-powerful military that had often been willing to act above the law and interfere in politics. Turks choose their president in unprecedented runoff race 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z As a new series adapted from the book arrives on Disney+ this month, the feat will be translating the story to the screen without defanging it. Your Thursday Briefing: DeSantis’s Presidential Run 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Democrats praised the IRS study, saying it should pave the way for the Treasury Department to get a system up and running soon, and to defang the commercial tax preparation companies. IRS has built its own e-file system to compete with TurboTax 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Bolsonaro defanged environmental authorities, encouraged illegal gold mining in Indigenous areas and oversaw a surge in deforestation to its fastest rate in two decades. Brazil’s Lula visits Spain with Mercosur deal on agenda 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Regulatory protections for consumers, workers and the environment have been defanged. The corporate attack on democracy 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Even a trade of queens doesn’t defang the White attack, as Nepo’s king marches up the board to join the fun. In a break with tradition, chess title fight turns into slugfest 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z This reflected a shift from the policies of Bolsonaro, who encouraged prospecting, criticized such protected lands as unproductive and systematically defanged environmental authorities. In first 100 days, Brazil’s Lula aims to revive his legacy 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z This is not to say that Hussein was a defanged tiger; he was not. Column: The 20th anniversary of the Iraq war also marks a colossal failure of the mainstream media 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z The state of public health: Conservative and libertarian forces have defanged much of the nation’s public health system through legislation and litigation as the world staggers into the fourth year of covid. Genetic data links raccoon dogs to covid origin; WHO seeks China cooperation 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Conservative and libertarian forces have defanged much of the nation’s public health system through legislation and litigation as the world staggers into the fourth year of covid. Covid backlash hobbles public health and future pandemic response 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z But critics say they will eliminate checks and balances, concentrate power with the ruling majority and defang the Supreme Court. Israeli ministers approve bill on $270,000 gift to Netanyahu 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z The 56-year-old Zients is tasked with leading operations as the Democratic administration shifts from ambitious legislating to implementing those policies and fending off Republican efforts to defang the achievements. Through tears, outgoing top White House aide says goodbye 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z But by speaking out, Adams is undermining the Biden administration’s attempt to defang the politics of a thorny policy issue, as my colleague Michael Shear, who covers the White House, explained to me. Beyond the Border 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Women have long deployed humor to defang comments about the “differences” that historically have been weaponized against us. Perspective | Cleared for combat 10 years ago, women still fight for change in military 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The present universe of children’s movies and children’s books — these modes are too watered-down, too defanged, he bemoans, for any contemporary child to feel the snag of reality’s genuine horrors. Belle and Sebastian, still giving twee a good name 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z In the past century, scientific discoveries and new medical technologies have prolonged lives and defanged many of the ancient pathogens. Lab-leak fears are putting virologists under scrutiny 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z This is not the first time lawmakers have tried to defang the independent ethics watchdog. Opinion | House Republicans shouldn’t neuter the Office of Congressional Ethics 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, if non-populist forces are sensible and actually get things done, they defang some of the populist right. Opinion | 2023 could be the year that exposes populism for the sham that it is 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Bolsonaro’s promises to develop the Amazon and his defanging of environmental law enforcement led to a surge of illegal loggers, miners and land robbers into Native territory in Brazil. Brazil will have first Indigenous woman chief for key post 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Voters will be choosing a parliament largely defanged by a new constitution, approved with a low turnout in a July referendum that was engineered by Saied to shift Tunisia back towards a presidential system. Tunisian election to entrench president's rule 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Workers have the collective power to slash profits and cripple industry, which is why the ruling class has gone to such lengths to defang unions and outlaw strikes. Rail strike bill: Both sides do it — wage relentless war against the working class, that is 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The young prince sharply curbed the influence of conservatives and defanged the religious police who patrol the streets. Saudi Arabia resumes executions of drug offenders after two-year reprieve 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Egyptian films are blowing up in the kingdom after it allowed cinemas to open and defanged the religious police, leading to a general easing of cultural conservatism. The runaway success of ‘Dubai Bling’ in the Middle East and beyond 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Republicans, too, began shifting, hoping to muddy the waters around their positions to try and defang the potency of the issue. How Democrats Used the Abortion Debate to Hold Off a Red Wave 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Craig’s victory was also likely made possible, at least in part, by her pre-emptive efforts to defang G.O.P. attacks suggesting that she was insufficiently supportive of law enforcement. Angie Craig Fends Off G.O.P. Challenger in Minnesota, a Key Win for Democrats 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z And he painted Bolsonaro as an opponent of the Amazon rainforest, given that he defanged environmental authorities and presided over a surge in deforestation. Brazil’s polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula contest goes to voters 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Since Bolsonaro took office, in 2019, deforestation has been on the rise, as his administration has defanged environmental authorities and backed measures to loosen land protections, emboldening environmental offenders. Worst Brazil forest fires in a decade, yet election silence 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Changes have included granting women the right to drive, opening cinemas, welcoming foreign tourists, defanging the religious police and hosting pop stars and high-profile heavyweight boxing matches and other sporting events. Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman Named Prime Minister 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The establishment press, along with the Democratic Party, were, as always, full partners in the demonization and defanging of labor. On strike for a better world: Labor conflict is coming — and the ruling class will fight back hard 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Has the government defanged the potential activism — the explosiveness of art — by deciding that art isn’t dangerous? What Does It Mean to Be a Young, Black Queer Artist Right Now? 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia defanged its once-feared religious vice squad and now allows men and women to mix in public. Arab States Demand That Netflix Drop ‘Offensive Content’ 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z But Bass so far appears to have been able to defang the issue. In new poll, Karen Bass jumps out to big lead over Rick Caruso in race for L.A. mayor 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z But after the court’s abortion decision in June contained language that seemed as if it might threaten same-sex marriage rights, House Democrats quickly proposed a marriage bill that would defang any future court decision. Defying the Supreme Court 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The U.S., like many other countries, already has most of the tools it needs to defang BA.5. The Latest Covid Surge 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Workers involved in unionization efforts say that the closures are a bid to defang efforts by workers to organize. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says more stores to close for security reasons 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Declawed, defanged and destructive, but ultimately forgotten by history. Donald Trump is finally running scared: Liz Cheney and Jan. 6 committee have him cornered 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z As attorney general, he skillfully defanged the Mueller report before it saw the light of day. Bill Barr's parting gift to Donald Trump: A possible "get out of jail free" card 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The mask mandate was overturned, one of the final steps in the defanging of public health authorities, even as infectious disease ran rampant. The linguistics search engine that overturned the federal mask mandate 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z From the moment it was proposed, Executive Committee leaders actively tried to shut it down or, if that was not possible, to defang the report so the committee’s secrets would never be known. How the ‘apocalyptic’ Southern Baptist report almost didn’t happen 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Black and brown marginal communities have suffered worse assaults than the white working class, but they have been defanged politically with militarized police that function as internal armies of occupation. Jesus, endless war and the irresistible rise of American fascism 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Others add the gene for the spike to harmless versions of common viruses, such as adenoviruses, and use the defanged virus to deliver the gene into nasal tissue. Nose Spray Vaccines Could Quash COVID Virus Variants 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z "The Russian bear has effectively defanged itself," historian Andrew Bacevich writes. Russia, the U.S. and the Ukraine war: Dance of death in an age of self-delusion 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Jenkins: I think the trick is, how do you support them and not defang anybody and not take away their superpower? Sleeper hit 'Our Flag Means Death' left us hanging. Season 2 would 'reorient' things 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The agency has defended its change by saying the new protocols better reflect community risks after vaccines, treatments and infections have defanged the virus for many people. Mask, no mask: Biden’s pandemic practices vary as covid risks grow 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Her team, a No. 10 seed with a habit of defanging ordinarily potent offenses, will play Michigan, which earned a No. 3 seed, on Saturday. Powers Remain and Threats Lurk as Women’s Sweet 16 Is Set 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z We know about it because the Biden administration decided to openly release the intelligence it had gathered on the operation, essentially defanging the effort in advance. Review | Deception has changed in the digital era, and spies are adapting 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Another Trump judge has struck, in another bid to defang the Voting Rights Act. Opinion | We now see stark evidence of Trump’s toxic judicial legacy 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z "The Feb. 4 letter appears to defang the memo, which gave clear instructions to go soft on many classes of cases, including certain gunpoint robberies and other violent felonies." Embattled Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg backpedals on controversial soft-on-crime policies 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Thanks to rule changes that defanged the filibuster for nominees, the nominee only needs a simple majority in the 50-50 split chamber, where Vice President Kamala Harris casts the tie-breaking vote. Manchin says his vote for liberal nominee to Supreme Court is possible 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Party leaders entered the year pondering whether they could defang the filibuster across the board, but opposition from within their ranks shelved those plans. Republicans prepare their wish list for filibuster-free Senate 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the minority leader, sought to defang Democrats’ argument that the sanctions would erode unity between the United States and its European allies. New Sanctions for Russian Gas Pipeline Fall Short in Senate 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Back in March, Amazon was also in the midst of waging a comprehensive – and ultimately successful – campaign to defang a union effort led by warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama. Corporate America's top 10 blunders of 2021 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Only by making a forceful case for progressive values and taking right-wing nonsense head-on is there any hope of defanging it. The problem isn't Democrats losing white voters — it's Republicans winning them over with lies 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z A waiting game has helped Beijing defang attacks from individual critics in the past, be they dissidents or sports stars. China’s Silence on Peng Shuai Shows Limits of Beijing’s Propaganda 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, has identified a list of 18 bills he would pursue in a world where the filibuster was defanged, ranging from environmental policy to immigration. Republicans prepare their wish list for filibuster-free Senate 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z And widespread vaccinations were expected to defang the pandemic’s bite so that people could continue to freely gather to shop, dine out and travel. As Virus Cases Rise in Europe, an Economic Toll Returns 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z His administration has defanged environmental authorities and backed legislative measures to loosen land protections, emboldening land grabbers. Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surges to worst in 15 years 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But when Democrats stopped running from the issue and instead decided to fight back — and win — they defanged it completely. The problem isn't Democrats losing white voters — it's Republicans winning them over with lies 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “These vaccines defanged the virus for the majority of individuals. That is a wonderful thing,” said Monica Gandhi, an infectious-disease doctor at the University of California at San Francisco. Coronavirus infections rise in northern states, Mountain West, as holidays near 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z He has forced out and locked up oligarchs, muted the news media and tried to defang political opposition — like Aleksei A. Navalny. Long Arm of Russian Law Reaches Obscure Siberian Church 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z The existential menace embodied by fallout shelters has been defanged by time. Opinion | Fear sells. It’s our job not to give in to it. 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The net effect for Merkel politically was to position herself where she’d always been most comfortable: defanging the extremes, claiming the moral high ground, nodding to tradition even as she managed new challenges. Perspective | Merkel rose to command Europe — thanks to her East German humility 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z “We’re thinking of this virus now as a sort of defanged version of the original one. It has gotten its teeth pulled out by the vaccine,” Simonsen says. Will the pandemic fade into an ordinary disease like the flu? The world is watching Denmark for clues 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The groups are amid countless business associations that have launched a massive lobbying blitz in hopes of defanging the Democratic spending package, or perhaps defeating it altogether. Kyrsten Sinema holding fundraiser with business lobbying groups that want to kill Biden’s agenda 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z He pledged to foster development of the Amazon on the campaign trail and, after his election, the environmental regulator was defanged and deforestation surged. Brazil’s Bolsonaro rebuffs criticism on pandemic, Amazon 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z And some Democrats renewed their call to defang the filibuster, which would eliminate the need to use the convoluted budget reconciliation process to pass bills by majority vote. Activists, progressives demand reversal of parliamentarian ruling against amnesty provision 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Aides attempted to defang it just enough to be acceptable. Opinion | The Quislings of Albany 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Roaring approval, we scrambled down the incline and inside, thumbing our noses at the defanged rent-a-cops. Jimi Hendrix’s final home run at Sicks Stadium 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z But it’s defanged by the realization that “The White Lotus” is still a story that centers on the colonizers. 'The White Lotus' has the same blind spots as its guests 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Vaccination, improved treatments, and familiarity with the virus will defang the threat. Numbers won’t tell us when the pandemic is over 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The other benefit, Mr. Hudak said, is that Republicans may prove to be so obstinate that it paves the way for defanging the power of the filibuster and sidelining the GOP altogether. ‘Explicit disrespect’: Biden’s GOP snubs in first 100 days threaten agenda 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z U.S. officials warn that even a tarnished and partially defanged Mawla remains dangerous, given the ample opportunities to acquire money, weapons and recruits in ruined and largely lawless provinces in eastern Syria. Before becoming a terrorist leader, ISIS chief was a prison informer in Iraq for U.S., records show 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z While some Democrats are not ready to defang the filibuster, the support of the president for change makes it harder to resist and increases the political pressure on them. With Biden Endorsement, Push to Weaken Filibuster Gains Traction 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z But there are limits to how much a virus can mutate without defanging itself, said Stanley Perlman, a virologist at the University of Iowa. Coronavirus mutations add urgency to vaccination effort as experts warn of long battle ahead 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z More important, he said, Trump risked appearing reckless in front of an authoritarian leader whose trust he was counting on “to defang North Korea.” Trump promised to bring China to heel. He didn’t and the result is a pitched conflict between the world’s two major powers. 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z The unsettling thing about this approach is that it works — not just as a way to defang satirists but also as a way to wield power. How President Trump Ruined Political Comedy 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Then-Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, engaged in rule-rewriting, using the “nuclear option” to defang the filibuster for all presidential nominees save Supreme Court picks. ‘Politics of personal destruction’: Supreme Court nomination battles get nastier 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z To defang these old falsehoods, we have to go after their enablers, transform media and cultural power structures and amplify and defend Latino storytellers. Opinion | How Latinos Can Win the Culture War 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z The Islamic State, which once controlled 34,000 square miles in Syria and Iraq, has been defanged. The bully pulpit: Trump pushes Washington, but virus resists 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Such a step would defang the forces using violence to crush protesters. Opinion | Protests are an opportunity, not a problem, for Joe Biden 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Pelosi defended Senate Democrats for blocking Scott’s bill, saying it would “defang” the bill her chamber advanced. House passes broad police reform legislation in wake of George Floyd’s killing 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The workers in a petition seen by Reuters expressed disappointment with Google not joining the “millions who want to defang and defund” police departments. Google faces employee petition to end tech sales to police Fletcher thinks the move might violate labor laws requiring the city to bargain, but the position he supports — dismantling the existing Police Department and rethinking criminal justice in the city — would defang its police union. Police unions become target of labor activists who see them as blocking reform 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z He feels wronged by how the law was used to surveil his campaign, and he now wants to defang the law so that it cannot happen again. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z If we want to protect the Good Internet, we must somehow defang the Bad. Opinion | Dealing with the Internet’s split personality 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Impeachment has now failed for the second time in two decades, leaving constitutional scholars and Congress members alike wondering whether the founders’ political death penalty for presidents has been permanently defanged. Trump’s acquittal deals ‘deathblow’ to impeachment process, scholars say 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z They assured us we would be greeted as liberators; the oil revenues would pay for reconstruction and Iran would be cowed and defanged. The disaster of utopian engineering 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Yet Nabt Fenjan was far from the only Saudi establishment to discreetly drop separate sections over the last few years, after the crown prince defanged the religious police, which once enforced conservative social norms. Saudi Society Is Changing. Just Take a Look at These Coffeehouses. 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z After mass student protests erupted over the proposed code and over the defanging of Indonesia’s anti-corruption watchdog, Jokowi called for a delay in the vote. In an increasingly conservative Indonesia, filmmakers fight to tell LGBTQ stories 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z On Thursday, Indian officials issued a statement that tried to defang the rising criticism of the citizenship measures. Gandhi Biographer Arrested as Protests Over Citizenship Law Sweep India 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Warren’s decision to highlight her transition plan appears aimed at defanging Buttigieg’s attacks. Seeking fresh momentum, Democrat Warren recalibrates 'Medicare for All' rhetoric 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z There is a way to express the opprobrium of the House without allowing the Senate to defang the rebuke. Opinion | Trump isn’t afraid of his scarlet ‘I.’ Why should he be? 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The fraught and extremely limited western experiment with democracy did better only after social-welfarism, widely adopted after 1945, emerged to defang capitalism, and meet halfway the formidable old challenge of inequality. The west’s custodians of democracy failed to notice it rotting away | Pankaj Mishra 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Any traumatic topic is guaranteed to be a rich vein for dark humor and subversive jokes, because people so often process distress by defanging it with laughter. Taika Waititi’s Hitler comedy Jojo Rabbit needs way more Hitler 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Do you retreat to the fantasy of some defanged sepia past, or do you try to conjure up an unknowable next? Janelle Monáe With a Side of Tuxedo Dressing 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z That includes what Biden would do to defang fossil fuel companies, he added. Five Things to Watch During CNN’s Climate Forum 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z It was regulation that defanged the most dangerous parts of capitalism. To rescue democracy, we must revive the reforms of the Progressive Era 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The 60-vote mark was cut to a majority vote, defanging the minority party’s ability to obstruct a president’s picks. GOP rapidly pushing judicial picks through Senate 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Buttigieg, along with Ms. Warren and Mr. Sanders, said ending the criminal sanction against illegal immigration is critical to defanging Mr. Trump’s policies. Sanders, Warren take friendly fire on far-left agenda 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z There are ways to defang Chrome, which is much more complicated than just using “Incognito Mode.” Review | Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Yet feminism has, in some respects, also been defanged. Riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill: 'We're back. It's intense' 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z The tax law significantly defanged the AMT, meaning most of those households ended up getting a bit of a tax cut. Face it: You (probably) got a tax cut 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z The tax law significantly defanged the A.M.T., meaning most of those households ended up getting a bit of a tax cut. Face It: You (Probably) Got a Tax Cut 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z The wealthy’s lobbyists immediately pushed to defang the new team. The IRS tried to take on the ultrawealthy. It didn’t go well. 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z That’s when the regulated industries use their lobbying power to defang the agencies intended to protect the public. Bad dog: When the regulatory watchdog gets captured by big business 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The story of Trump’s attempts to defang the investigations has been voluminously covered in the news media, to such a degree that many Americans have lost track of how unusual his behavior is. Intimidation, pressure and humiliation: Inside Trump’s two-year war on the investigations encircling him 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z That Young could then defang the Zarathustran Übermensch of its most objectionable connotations, de-masculinize it without emasculating it in the spirit of Emma Goldman, proved an achievement worthy of real potential social value. Is Strauss’ ‘Zarathustra’ sexist? L.A. Phil and Colburn play it two ways 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z President Obama, knowing congressional opposition was too strong, never nominated Ms. Warren as head of the CFPB, which the Trump administration has worked to defang. Elizabeth Warren is conservatives’ most-disliked liberal 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z We have defanged the terrorists by, effectively, putting them on retainer, in much the same way Rome once employed Alaric the Goth, or the US, Osama bin Laden. America's Kurdish allies risk being wiped out – by Nato | David Graeber 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Earlier, the acknowledged leader of the young lions, Alexander Zverev, was so completely defanged in his match against Milos Raonic he was driven to the most spectacular wrecking of his racket in the second set. Novak Djokovic sees off Medvedev to set up Nishikori battle at Australian Open 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Tam, involved a band called “The Slants,” founded by an Asian-American who said he was trying to reclaim and defang a word that had been considered a slur. Erik Brunetti’s ‘FUCT’ clothing brand case to be heard by Supreme Court 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z He defanged the once-feared religious police, who harassed women deemed inappropriately dressed, and last year he lifted the ban on women driving. Saudi Women, Tired of Restraints, Find Ways to Flee 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Our governments help them too: with increasingly lax rules on employment, and trade unions finding hostile laws passed to try to defang workers’ rights, it’s harder than ever to fight back. Why all work and no play makes for millennial burnout | Dawn Foster 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z But even if funding lapses, essential government services such as border enforcement would continue, further defanging the threat of a shutdown. Donald Trump: Good time for shutdown 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z None of the social media firms’ political advertising databases show the specific audiences targeted by ad buyers – information that is crucial to defang nefarious forms of political microtargeting. Who will protect us from digital deception? Not tech companies | Ann M Ravel and Samuel Woolley 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z But his tireless efforts to defang negative coverage of him led directly to two of the corruption cases against him. Netanyahu’s Obsession With Image Could Be His Downfall 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Matt Cartwright, another Oversight Democrat, said, “I’m against weaponizing the committee, however, I don’t want to defang the committee by the same token ... Our committee should be more than a political loudspeaker.” Senior House Democrats tap brakes on investigating Trump 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Jews rushed to claim and defang the symbol, turning it into a voluntary declaration of pride, but the scar of its origins remains. The Tree of Life Shooting and the Return of Anti-Semitism to American Life 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z It is titled “Confronting Iran,” and depicts Iran — along with North Korea — as the two major threats that Mr. Trump is committed to defanging. Khashoggi Disappearance May Disrupt Trump Administration’s Plans to Squeeze Iran 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In 2013, Democrats triggered the “nuclear option” changing the interpretation of the rules to defang the filibuster for most judicial nominees. Brett Kavanaugh process bad sign for next nominee 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The intent: killing, or at least defanging, the special prosecutor’s investigation of the president’s family and entourage. How Trump hijacked the government’s transparency process in an attempt to trap Rod Rosenstein 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Democrats responded by saying the proposed changes would defang the law. Analysis | The Energy 202: Republicans rev up calls to rewrite Endangered Species Act 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Industry groups hope to defang that statute by pushing Congress to pass federal privacy legislation that would overrule state laws. Just Don’t Call It Privacy 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z But decisions by policymakers and lawmakers to defang regulation and defund investigations, particularly through political pressure aimed at the Internal Revenue Service, helped the behavior to go unnoticed. Manafort, Cohen cases reveal weaknesses in enforcement of tax and election laws 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z This is how the winners benefit from their own kindness: It lets them redefine change, and defang it. Opinion | Beware Rich People Who Say They Want to Change the World 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z But a search of the Companies House website reveals how Nevis is able to defang Britain’s attack on secrecy. Nevis: how the world’s most secretive offshore haven refuses to clean up 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z A defense that defanged the World Cup’s most prolific scoring team, Belgium, in a semifinal so engrossing that 90 minutes seemed to zip past in half that time. Column: With World Cup title, France could launch a dynasty 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z But Mr. Mulvaney immediately set to work defanging the bureau, even as Ms. English remained an employee. Consumer Bureau Official Who Sued Trump to Step Down and Drop Her Suit 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z He dealt with repeated glitches in his delivery, which robbed his fastball of its location and defanged his curveball. Rockies stifle Dodgers' bats despite solid outing from pitcher Rich Hill in 3-1 loss 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z No longer: These once-feared upholders of a puritanical Islamic order are now defanged — completely neutered, as the woman put it to me. Opinion | The Prince Who Would Remake the World 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Hours after Trump’s declaration of victory at the Singapore summit, some derided the notion of a suddenly defanged North Korea as naive and perhaps even delusional. North Korea’s dispersed and hidden weapons complex highlights the challenge of denuclearization 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z President Trump is now embarked on two ambitious foreign policy initiatives — redrawing the rules of international trade and defanging a nuclear-armed North Korea — that represent significant personal gambles. Can Trump command political support without real progress on trade and N. Korea? 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The realities of living in a place where abortion is outlawed always seemed obvious, but somehow defanged by nostalgia. The UK ignored the Irish abortion question for too long – it was a failure of solidarity 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z But defanging Bolton, the most militant of Trump’s advisers, is now also apparently a major priority. Analysis: Ahead of summit, Pyongyang lobs barbs at Bolton 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z It aims to “defund and defang” public sector unions as a means to “reverse the failed policies of the American left”. Exclusive: how rightwing groups wield secret 'toolkit' to plot against US unions 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z If, against all odds, Mr. Trump manages to defang the Marxist tyrant, it would of course represent an enormous gift to the people of Korea and the entire world. Trump Tweets, Korea and the Rocket Man 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Several legal experts said it was unusual for prosecutors to give Mr. Trump a preview of the questions, speculating that Mr. Mueller was bending over backward to defang any accusations of overreach. Why Talking to Mueller Could Be a Minefield for Trump 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Mulvaney is simultaneously working to defang the consumer bureau, an agency that has been a thorn in the side of the financial industry. Wells Fargo Said to Be Target of $1 Billion U.S. Fine 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z “One big question is whether this is a one-off, given what Trump and Mulvaney have been doing to defang the CFPB,” he added. U.S. to fine Wells Fargo $1B — the most aggressive bank penalty of the Trump era 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z And Hensarling’s list omits the most controversial policies, including measures aimed at defanging Dodd-Frank entirely or nullifying the watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that it created. House-Senate standoff imperils effort to roll back banking rules passed after the financial crisis 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers have been trying to defang the agency, which they view as overly tough on the finance industry. Consumer Bureau’s Chief Gives Big Raises, Even as He Criticizes Spending 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z House Republicans passed legislation last year that would defang the bureau, but even they appear resigned to the fact that it is likely to survive largely intact. Weaken Consumer Bureau, Its Chief Requests in First Report to Congress 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z He praised Mr. Mirziyoyev, who took power immediately after Mr. Karimov’s death, for trying to defang Uzbekistan’s formidable apparatus of repression but said the system left by Mr. Karimov has strong roots. ‘The Ice Is Melting’ as Uzbekistan Moves to Dilute Police State 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The volatile start to 2018 for U.S. stock prices is giving investors all the more reason to defang portfolios heavily weighted toward technology giants. Globalists buck U.S. index fund trend 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z This lawsuit is part of a coordinated effort from far-right groups supported by funders like the Koch brothers to “defund and defang” US unions. If US unions tumble, the progressive movement could go with them | May Boeve and Michael Brune 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The mission statement echoes the campaign launched last year by the State Policy Network, another Bradley recipient, that aimed to “defund and defang” public sector unions. Fears grow as rightwing billionaires battle to erode US union rights 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Mulvaney’s efforts have alarmed Democrats and consumer groups that say he is defanging an agency meant to protect consumers. White House budget plan proposes cutting CFPB budget, restricting enforcement powers 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Erdogan embraced EU accession tactically in order to defang secularist Turkish generals. How Europe Lost Turkey 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z To consumer advocates, the defanging of the consumer bureau is the epitome of pay-to-play. Payday Rules Relax on Trump’s Watch After Lobbying by Lenders 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z He called it the Wiz of Biz — an attempt to claim, and thus defang, the slur — and uploaded a goofy photo of himself in an emerald green top hat. A liberal entrepreneur sets out to help West Virginians — and gets a lesson in humility 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Valero initially estimated a leak of only 6.7 pounds of benzene.Long concerned that Texas is too lenient on polluters, campaigners also fear that the EPA is being defanged by the Trump administration. After Harvey, Houston suburb suffers a persistent problem: waves of foul air 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z It was really important to not defang him. How The Shape of Water’s visual effects turned a merman into a romantic lead 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Moderate Democrats who sign on to a bill to help community banks can expect to hear from the party’s progressive wing that they have defanged Dodd-Frank. Democrats Add Momentum to G.O.P. Push to Loosen Banking Rules 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The defanging of a federal consumer watchdog agency began last week in a federal courthouse in San Francisco. Consumer Bureau’s New Leader Steers a Sudden Reversal 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z But Dowd then jumped into the fray, proclaiming that he had personally vetted the tweet, something that seemed less to defang its incriminating content than to call his judgment into question. Can the US president obstruct justice? Yes he can | Lawrence Douglas 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The FCC is due to vote on defanging those regulations on 14 December – potentially allowing internet service providers like Verizon to charge for different levels of web access. Senate Republicans feel force of protest … but pass tax bill anyway 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump is able to appoint his own director, but confirmation could take months and slow Republican efforts to defang the agency. President Wins Round in the Battle for the Consumer Bureau 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Trump paired his decision to defang the bureau with one of his habitually batty claims, that “financial institutions have been devastated.” Of course, in Trump’s view, defender of the little guy must go 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z While Mr. Trump can appoint his own director, confirmation could take months and slow down Republican efforts to defang the agency. Battle for Control of Consumer Agency Heads to Court 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Each interprets the Constitution in a way that would dramatically defang the regulatory state if it became the law of the land. Analysis | The Daily 202: How EPA chief Scott Pruitt wants to redefine ‘environmentalism’ 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z On Capitol Hill, Franken employs the Socratic method as a weapon in the climate wars, asking leading questions that defang opponents without the tension other Democratic lawmakers bring to the issue. Al Franken Auditions for Senate Climate Lead. Millions Watch 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The ascent of his Republic on the Move! party left France’s once-powerful Socialist Party in tatters and defanged the conservative Republicans. Austria’s Sebastian Kurz preaches change, faces challenges 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Denver’s inability to stuff the run last season defanged their famed “No Fly Zone” secondary and premier pass rush and ushered in an end to their five-year playoff run. Denver’s spectacular run defense leads way to 3-1 start 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Net neutrality advocates are planning two days of protest in Washington DC this week, as they fight off plans to defang regulations meant to protect an open internet. The Resistance Now: campaigners warn fight for healthcare is not over 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Net neutrality advocates are planning two days of protests and action in Washington DC this month as they fight off plans to defang regulations meant to protect an open internet. Washington DC braces for net neutrality protests later this month 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Even if Cordray stays, he will not enjoy a reprieve from Republican efforts to defang the agency which they believe is too powerful and restricts the flow of credit. With or without Democratic director, U.S. consumer watchdog to be weakened 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z You can’t get away with literally privatizing an entire federal agency — too many would cry foul — but you can defang the entire operation and outsource most of the agency’s functions. Is NASA a science agency or a giant subsidy for aerospace corporations? 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Democrats curtailed the filibuster for district and circuit court picks in 2013, and Republicans followed their lead this year by defanging the filibuster in the case of Supreme Court picks. Al Franken to withhold blue slip for David Stras judiciary confirmation 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z For the promise of a massive payday that inexplicably continues to accompany Mayweather fights, Ben agreed to be declawed and defanged. Letters: The suckers continue to get what they deserve 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The aim is to “defund and defang” unions representing government employees as the first step towards ensuring the permanent collapse of progressive politics. Rightwing alliance plots assault to 'defund and defang' public sector unions 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Even if Cordray stays, he will not enjoy a reprieve from Republican efforts to defang the agency which they believe is too powerful and restricts the flow of credit. With or without Democratic director, U.S. consumer watchdog to be weakened 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Our reporters in Washington examined the options available to the Trump administration as it tries to defang Pyongyang’s missile programs without risking all-out war. North Korea, Donald Trump, Google: Your Friday Briefing 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Supporters of the center say the ban would effectively defang the center. Future of UNC Center for Civil Rights to be discussed 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z “Wish Upon” is a harmless, defanged horror flick for the younger set. Horror-lite 'Wish Upon' delivers more yucks than scares 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The target of such union-bashing, she openly admits, is to “defund and defang one of our freedom movement’s most powerful opponents, the government unions.” Rightwing alliance plots assault to 'defund and defang' public sector unions 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z In 2013 Chief Justice Roberts defanged the Voting Rights Act on the ground that the status of racial minorities had dramatically improved. Assessing the first months of the new nine-member Supreme Court 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The more I listened to Di Domenico-as-Trump, the more likely I was to laugh than to wince – a defanging effect that was unsettling. Being Donald Trump: the life of an impersonator 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The bill would defang the ACA’s requirement that most Americans carry health coverage by erasing penalties for being uninsured. Analysis | Senate Republicans’ claim of saving individual health insurance markets could prove hollow 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z At least one group is thrilled that the Choice Act will defang shareholders: the Business Roundtable, an association of big-company C.E.O.s. Meet the Legislation Designed to Stifle Shareholders 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z So much for defanging the poisonous debate in Washington. Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Tucked into a Republican bill to defang the Dodd-Frank financial rules is a provision to make it more difficult to bring proposals to a shareholder vote. Looking to propose a shareholder vote? It may get tougher 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Trump couldn’t defang the Johnson Amendment if he tried because the IRS rarely punishes any nonprofit organizations, including churches, for violating it. Trump says the IRS regulates churches too much. Here’s why he’s wrong 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z After a toxic election campaign, the veto-proof Republican majorities in the State House and State Senate moved to defang Mr. Cooper even before he took office. Rebuked Twice by Supreme Court, North Carolina Republicans Are Unabashed 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Critics of the proposal say one of the South’s leading civil rights institutions would be defanged. North Carolina civil rights center faces conservative ire 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Hensarling’s bill also includes a blueprint for defanging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by stripping the agency of some of its most important powers. GOP plan to erase Obama-era Wall Street rules is more generous than even banks asked for 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The North is trying to create the sense that it is too late for any such defanging — that it has reached a tipping point in its nuclear push. A ‘Cuban Missile Crisis in Slow Motion’ in North Korea 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z They share the goal of defanging American intelligence services and having America accept a shrunken global role. Opinion | Republicans are defining lunacy down 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The legislation would defang the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that everyone buy insurance by repealing the tax fines imposed on those who don’t. GOP health-care plan moves forward; Reps. Reichert, DelBene vote with their parties 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Figures from countries across Europe suggest that, while governments are scrambling to restrict arrivals, closing off migration routes as in the Balkans and defanging nationalist arguments, there is still a steady flow of arrivals. Migrants Face Deportations and Walls in Europe, Too 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z There are several ideas kicking around Washington for how to defang this watchdog agency. Trump’s gift to Wall Street: When it comes to bank regulations, there’s nobody better to consult than bankers themselves 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Dueling senators turned the Federal Reserve chairwoman’s first testimony before Congress since the election of Donald Trump into a row over Republican plans to defang Dodd-Frank, the financial regulation brought in after the Great Recession. Senators grill Janet Yellen on Republican plans to neuter Dodd-Frank Act 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z The administration’s lawyers are asking an appeals court to lift a lower judge’s restraining order that has defanged most of Mr. Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order imposing the new vetting policy. Trump lawyers say president has power to block foreign visitors 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Take that away, I’d venture, and the entire song is instantly defanged and made limp. John Cale’s Inventive Retrospection 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Consumer and public-interest groups are worried Americans may lose or see a defanging of key regulations protecting people against abusive employers, predatory lending, unsafe food and drugs and environmental pollution. Where will Trump begin in slashing Obama-era regulations? 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The House Republican majority, in its first major action of the new session, attempted to defang and gag the Office of Congressional Ethics. Opinion | Dr. Price’s marvelous medicine for your stock portfolio 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z The Broncos scored an NFL-low 40 points in the first quarter, their slow starts defanging a powerful pass rush and stellar secondary. Broncos hire Davidson to lead O-line’s revival 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z And those who expect him to follow Schwarzenegger’s trajectory in office are succumbing to a temptation to defang the Trump presidency. I knew Gov. Schwarzenegger. Mr. Trump, you’re no Gov. Schwarzenegger. 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z A robust immune response in all of the volunteers suggests — but doesn’t prove — that the defanged parasites may work as a vaccine to prevent infection. Mosquitoes are the new syringe? Seattle lab nibbles at malaria vaccine 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Then, in 1989 — the same year Senate Democrats defanged the incoming lieutenant governor — something entirely different happened in the House. North Carolina’s jarring GOP power grab feels familiar 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z He started with an in-your-face double cross, filling his administration with the very Wall Street financiers he promised to defang. Trump cons the working class 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Champions of the agency are imploring him to stay, arguing that if he leaves, the agency is likely to be defanged, its powers to help consumers sapped. Consumer Protection Bureau Chief Braces for a Reckoning 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It’s no wonder the financial services industry is bent on destroying or at least defanging the bureau. Liz Weston: President-elect Trump, save the CFPB 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s victory defanged the Freedom Caucus’s most serious threat: a challenge to the speakership of Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, which could have been used as leverage toward other goals. In Twist, Trump Victory Could Defang Anti-Establishment G.O.P. Caucus 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The law eventually was defanged by court rulings and legal settlements, but not before it spurred a new generation of activists into politics. Inside the push to mobilize Arizona's Latinos 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Her opponent was left largely subdued and defanged. Hillary Clinton’s Moments and Missteps: A Look Back 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z In June, Republicans unveiled a plan to repeal Dodd-Frank and replace it with a bill that would defang the CFPB, making it the only bank regulator without independent funding. Yeah, there’s a difference: Wells Fargo scandal is another reminder that we can’t afford Trump and the GOP 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In the initial years of Erdogan’s rule, his ruling Justice and Development Party worked with the Gulenists to defang and sideline the country’s traditionally staunchly secular military. Turkey increases pressure on U.S. for Gulen’s extradition 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z President Vladimir V. Putin, at a news conference in 2014, warned that the West was seeking to “defang” the Russian bear — to remove its nuclear weapons so as to gain access to its natural resources. In D.N.C. Hack, Echoes of Russia’s New Approach to Power 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The word was defanged, no longer a critical insult and no longer a viable strategy within art — though it never quite gave up its veneer of provocation. The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z But Erdogan’s government had taken steps that were believed to politically defang the military. Attempted Military Coup Is Underway in Turkey 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z In April, the government responded with a surprise decree defanging the religious police. A Saudi Morals Enforcer Called for a More Liberal Islam. Then the Death Threats Began. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Democrats pushing for gun curbs after the latest mass shooting in the United States are co-opting a Republican mantra to build public support and defang opposition: it's time to get tough on national security. Democrats' new line on gun control: Do it for national security 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z But there was no dismissing what Ali’s story, real or not, symbolized, as Costas went on to say, unless one wants to somehow defang his legacy by making him appear more pliant than defiant. In remembrance of Muhammad Ali, let’s not forget his true legacy 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z My main point was that Hillary Clinton and her Democratic Party lack the credibility, moral standing, public trust and charisma to effectively defang this Dracula. Donald Trump is a political superbug 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton praised the payday lending proposals that the consumer agency released last year and urged her fellow Democrats to fight Republican efforts to “defang and defund” the agency. Payday Borrowing’s Debt Spiral to Be Curtailed 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Trump is just clever enough to deflect responsibility for these long-ago defanged conspiracy theories by shifting blame to others. Another day, another ridiculous conspiracy theory propagated by Trump 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Republicans have gotten what they seemed to want: a depleted, defanged Internal Revenue Service. Your Friday Evening Briefing: Prince, Donald Trump, Game of Thrones 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z To supporters of the agency — and there are some — years of such attacks have yielded exactly what Republicans seemed to want: a depleted, defanged tax collector. I.R.S. Fights Back Against House Republicans’ Attacks 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The constant pressure may break congressional impunity or at least deter legislation meant to defang the prosecutors. Impeachment Could be Good for Brazil 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Minimalist cuts to the soaring Pentagon budget are, it seems, defanging the military and recklessly endangering American security vis-a-vis the exaggerated threats of the day: ISIS, China, and Russia. America’s worst affluenza case: The U.S. military is blowing through our tax dollars 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Visitors can download defanged versions of the viruses in question, each of which has had the destructive bit of code at its core removed, leaving only the visual effects. The Malware Museum shows the cute computer viruses of the past 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The legislation "would defang the Justice Department," said Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful Democrat in the House. U.S. House approves limits on investigating banks for fraud ties 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z “One of the first things they did was to defang the regulators who were supposed to keep an eye on Wall Street and the financial markets,” Clinton said. My day with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton: Two Iowa rallies explain why Hillary may be about to blow a sure thing 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z On the 2008 financial crisis and recession, she says the Bush administration “drove us into that ditch” by “defanging regulators” and giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Children of the Corn vs. Hillary’s Female Army 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Jeb tried to neutralize Trump, to defang him if you like, but that didn’t work. Everyone hates Jeb Bush! Right-wing media now blaming him for Donald Trump 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z But Ghani’s government faces a paralyzing quandary in trying to defang the country’s former militia bosses. Beheadings send a chill through Afghanistan 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Since then, Mr Zuma has tried to defang the agency, usually by appointing compromised people to run it. The hollow state 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The overall Senate bill would effectively defang the health law’s requirements for individual and employer-provided coverage by annulling the fines that enforce them. Senate set to OK Republican bill unraveling health care law 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The overall GOP bill headed to the Senate would effectively defang the health law's requirements for individual and employer-provided coverage by annulling the fines that enforce them. Senate set to ignore Obama veto threat, OK bill targeting health care law, Planned Parenthood 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The intention is to set the work in historical context, to show how Hitler wove truth with half-truth and outright lie, and thus to defang any propagandistic effect while revealing Nazism. Scholars Unveil New Edition of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Terror was defanged, but not at the cost of liberty or the rule of law. The Man Who Saved Germany’s New Democracy 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z For Turkey, there is an even more pressing concern: defanging the Kurdish nationalist movement that also threatens Turkey’s territorial integrity. Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z And China’s efforts to cut emissions have defanged the argument that it is pointless for the United States to act alone. Bringing Republicans to the Climate Change Table 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z The announcement marks the first serious and sustained attempt to defang Mr. Trump by any moneyed force in the Republican Party. Donald Trump Is Target of Conservative Ad Campaign 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z An Iran thus defanged is a fundamentally weak country, with little conventional military capacity. How the nuclear deal will fund Iran’s imperialism 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z “The IRS has basically defanged itself, and it’s going to be too timorous to go into this area,” Whitehouse said in an interview. Groups backed by secret donors take the lead in shaping 2016 elections 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z This includes expelling the Quds Force and defanging the Shiite militias and other Iranian proxies in Iraq while enabling the genuine participation of Sunnis in governance. Iran Nuclear Deal Feeds The Roots Of Regional Terrorism 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z “Waters hopes that this defanged and desexualised sequel is yet more perverse than the original,” says the press release. John Waters: 'I want to be despised' 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Dominguez Perez tries to defang Black’s attack with a rook trade, but that only seems to increase the superiority of Black’s minor pieces. DAVID R. SANDS: In the 64-square chess universe, home-field advantage hard to find 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z They also have that defanged Jem and the Holograms thing in October from Blumhouse, but I’m trying to stay positive here. From 'Jurassic World' To 'Fifty Shades,' Universal's Boffo 2015 Isn't Just About Tent Poles 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z For today’s young entrepreneurs and software developers, it’s hard to believe the Microsoft of 2015, defanged by antitrust battles and strategic missteps, once ruled the industry. Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft) Has a Far-Out Vision 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Fiscal breathing-space, says the government, will help defang opposition to its programme. Your flexible friend 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Both nations have been hesitant to substantially defang the kingpins of the war, including imposing an arms embargo or limiting how oil revenues might be used to fund the conflict. For the U.S. and China, a Test of Diplomacy on South Sudan 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The explanation ForAmerica offers for why this video disqualifies Jeb is that Hillary will use it to defang any attacks he might direct at her record as secretary of state. Jeb-ghazi: A conservative group’s hilarious campaign to tie Jeb Bush to Benghazi 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z If the new trial shows that Kappe and team have defanged the malaria parasite, they still have to show it can act as a vaccine and protect against infection, Birkett pointed out. Seattle volunteers roll up their sleeves in battle against malaria 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z But a proposal being reintroduced this year by a Republican member of the House would eliminate most of the financial penalties for noncompliance, a move advocates say would defang the act, effectively rendering it meaningless. Making rape expensive: Why this campus assault bill is a model for cracking down everywhere 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z And yet even the early stages of its defanging feels like a kind of defeat. On the hacks, leaks, and "outrage economy" of 2014 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z How to defang the Islamic State’s enticing narrative weighs heavily on many other senior administration officials, as well as top leaders in the Middle East and Europe. In Battle to Defang ISIS, U.S. Targets Its Psychology 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Yet bringing so many nations aboard also meant defanging the accord – countries will face no formal consequences for blowing the March 31 deadline or another set for June. Over 190 Nations Sign Draft Climate Change Accord 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “He’s totally defanged us,” she said, citing his party, his affability — and his race. Obama endures as the lesser evil for liberals Mr. Bopp is working on a legal remedy to cut the legs from compliance enforcement, and Mr. Lee is there to explain how he plans to defang the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act legislatively. Mike Lee to fight U.S. tax law targeting Americans abroad on Europe tour 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z On the surface, this may seem sensible, as both Washington and Tehran have an interest in defanging a militant Sunni group. Iran remains America’s biggest challenge Still, defanging a “tiger” of Zhou’s stature remains a key focus for Xi. Special Report: China turns up heat on ex-security chief with crash probe 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z “I’m not opposed to using weapons to defang that organization,” he said, “but that only removes the fangs.” In New Hampshire, war weariness hardens into resolve for strikes in Iraq and Syria “The black community is traditionally the most antiwar community in this country. He’s defanged that sentiment within the black community, or certainly voicing that sentiment.” Obama endures as the lesser evil for liberals It will require significant intelligence work on the ground, partnering with ally military forces and other on-the-ground capabilities to defang them. The Islamic State Reminds Obama the War on Terrorism Is Still Going On 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z President Obama should have known and should have acted to defang this group when its leader was captured and released years before he was president. Baghdadi of ISIS Pushes an Islamist Crusade 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Of course, if players were so fragile as to be defanged by shouted taunts, then they’d likely have been culled from the sports herd long before making the pros. Hunter Pence and Heckling in the Internet Age 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Even though both Israel and Egypt want the newly formed Palestinian “unity” government to defang Hamas and its military wing, called the Qassam Brigades, “they can’t get that,” Mr. Abu Marzook said. A Part of Hamas Negotiates, and Another May Fight Again 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The contention of Kerry’s critics — essentially that more killing of innocent civilians is justified if, in the end, Hamas is defanged and discredited — strikes me as morally untenable. Give Kerry a break for his efforts at an Israel-Gaza cease-fire They can create an outcome in which the organization, even if it remains in Gaza, is defanged and deprived of its heavy arms. Israel must be permitted to crush Hamas AS ISRAEL’S campaign to destroy the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, or at least to defang it, proceeded into its tenth day, the death toll continued to rise. When and how will it end? 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Ironically, Turkey’s secularist opposition, which loathes the Gulenists for their role in defanging the army, now sees them as the last hope. Disillusioned and divided 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z "He was defanged bit by bit," he writes about his boss. Was India's PM Manmohan Singh undermined by own party? 2014-04-14T12:49:28Z The changes are also meant to defang some of the criticisms of the health law. Obamacare's Latest Shift Extends Old Plans to Late 2016 2014-03-05T21:53:35Z But today, the generals remain on the sidelines, defanged in a massive coup-conspiracy case brought by the same prosecutor now knocking on Erdogan’s door. Corruption Scandal Could Help Turkey 2014-01-02T18:35:23Z The House has passed variations of bills meant to defang the health care law nearly four dozen times before they forced a government shutdown over the issue in October. Senate Prepares to Wrap Up Sluggish 2013 2013-12-15T22:01:45Z Watching another football lifer, a winner of two Lombardi Trophies and Washington’s first division title in 13 years, defanged Monday at his weekly news conference — uncomfortably deflecting every “Are you done?” inquiry — was further proof. Wise: Daniel Snyder can make fans happy, but firing Mike Shanahan won’t do it 2013-12-10T01:44:57Z Last Friday, Toronto’s city council overwhelmingly voted to strip Ford of his executive powers, effectively reducing him to a defanged Egyptian president. Why Rob Ford Happened 2013-11-18T18:45:12Z By declaring preemptively that risk corridors won’t cost the government money, the White House is attempting to defang Rubio’s talking point. Obamacare's Latest Shift Extends Old Plans to Late 2016 2014-03-05T21:53:35Z Anniversaries marking revolution and dissent have historically been apparatuses to defang the very insurrectionary impulses that gave rise to the original event. Why I’m not returning to Zuccotti Park today 2013-09-17T16:31:00Z Reinforced by successive, ever-larger victories at the ballot box, Erdogan then defanged the Turkish military, which had toppled four elected governments in as many decades. Erdogan Struggles Between Authoritarianism and Democracy 2013-06-25T03:20:28Z At the same time, he and his allies will have to placate powerful outside stakeholders from across the political spectrum and defang efforts to kill the bill in the Republican-controlled House. Chuck Schumer, New York's Hurricane in the Senate 2013-05-04T19:20:25Z But Mr. Sprecher proved adept at defanging his political opponents by bending to their will. Jeffrey Sprecher’s Improbable Path to Buying the N.Y.S.E. 2013-01-19T21:51:02Z Israel says its goal is to defang the militants by destroying their rocket stockpile. Analysis: Hamas finds cause to smile under Israeli assault 2012-11-18T19:31:01Z Advertisers Say ‘Don’t Tread on Us’ THE campaign to defang the “Do Not Track” movement began late last month. Slipstream: Do-Not-Track Movement Is Drawing Advertisers’ Fire 2012-10-13T20:57:30Z It will also help to drive alignment with your team and bosses, a great way to defang ambiguity, the serial killer of Big Data initiatives. The One Tool You Need To Make Big Data Work: The Pencil 2012-10-09T13:34:48Z But the Dodd-Frank financial reform law is far from implemented, and special interests are aggressively working to defang it. TARP worked, but it?s not the end of financial reform 2012-04-19T23:21:07Z Like a lot of people, I thought it would be easy coasting at the end of the Cold War after the KGB was defanged. Lebanon: How Hizballah's Technology Undoes the CIA 2011-11-30T09:00:00Z It’s hard to imagine how Newtown Creek and other waterways in industrial zones would fare without the EPA’s regulatory protections, yet there is no shortage of lawmakers and presidential wannabes who would defang the agency. Texaco, BP, Sewage Share Newtown Creek’s Years of Deadly Abuse 2011-11-18T17:32:17Z None of which is to argue that the mayor stands defanged. Gotham Extra: Mayor Bloomberg and Those Third-Term Blues 2011-10-14T22:50:06Z Salary scales have dropped and unions are defanged cats. | In Living Wage Talks, Warfare Trumps Discourse 2011-10-12T19:50:19Z Britons treat such stories with amusement and mockery, which tends to defang their bite. The George Osborne Affair: Why the Press Doesn't Know How to Cover Sex 2011-09-14T22:47:12Z One way to defang bad news is to limit when it's shared. How Much About the Business Should You Share With Your Spouse? 2011-08-23T04:00:00Z It is, rather, that the electoral system -- even when plagued by partisanship -- is the best ever devised to defang angry citizens and the political movements they form. Debt-Deal Disaster Shows Genius of U.S. Democracy: Noah Feldman 2011-08-08T00:22:02Z House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she has a secret plan to defeat future hostage taking but "if I were to tell you… it would be defanged." The new era of hostage politics 2011-08-05T18:18:00Z They failed in large part because the fossil-fuel industry managed, at every turn, to dilute or defang them. What Obama can do to save the planet 2011-07-14T16:01:00Z “Those are very smart moves that will defang some of the antagonistic Maryland Public Service Commission positions,” Phelps said. Exelon Offers Maryland Customers $100 Each For Constellation Bid 2011-04-28T18:25:15Z One way to defang bad news is to limit when it's shared. How Much About the Business Should You Share With Your Spouse? 2011-08-23T04:00:00Z Lawmakers in both chambers debated whether defanging EPA amounted to an attack on climate science. Senate Rejects Bid to Stymie EPA Climate Regs 2011-04-07T00:06:26Z It is unlikely that the plucky nonprofit will completely defang the ag giant, but given Ravicher's track record, it would be risky to bet against his group not winning a single concession in the case. Patent Foe Sues Monsanto on Modified Crops 2011-03-30T21:46:36Z After months of trying to defund and defang Dodd-Frank at the administrative level, Republicans are finally unveiling draft legislation that would repeal or amend parts of the laws approved after the severe 2007-2009 financial crisis. Republicans mount first Dodd-Frank challenge 2011-03-15T00:19:22Z The tug-of-war between the new, defanged assembly and Mr. Chávez will shape Venezuelan politics for the ... Venezuelan Lawmakers to See Curtailed Powers 2011-01-04T23:50:05Z With the opposition defanged, demonstrations will probably fizzle out, said Alexander Rahr, an analyst at the Berlin-based German Council on Foreign Relations. U.S. Condemns Belarus Crackdowns, Rejects Election Results 2010-12-20T21:30:03Z Both, however, are now injured but that does not so much defang England as demand that others make an impact. Peter Crouch gets chance to prove Fabio Capello wrong with England 2010-10-12T06:00:00Z The Humane Society says bears are declawed and defanged, which owners deny. Bear Hunt Training, Minus the Bear 2010-10-07T00:53:00Z Betting that a military setback to the Taliban on their own home turf would defang the insurgency ... U.S. Takes Lead in Afghanistan 2010-06-08T08:07:00Z The latest effort to defang the financial system relies on many of the same institutions that failed to intervene in the run-up to the last crisis. Rule No. 1: Make Money by Avoiding Rules 2010-05-22T20:08:00Z Limiting their leverage is another way to begin defanging these monsters, Mr. Fisher said. Fair Game: Why Can?t Reform Apply to the Biggest Banks? 2010-04-25T00:05:00Z Even so, smart presidents don't confront the populists head-on, they defang them by giving them some of what they want. 2010-01-30T04:47:00Z |
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