They want to expand military programs, weaken international institutions and run the world by flaunting power.

Because he was concerned that a new university could weaken existing institutions, he opted for a more exciting, albeit riskier, endeavor-an independent research organization that would increase basic scientific knowledge.

It has weakened democratic institutions, but it has also neutralized threats posed by guerrilla groups, fought the narcotics trade and opened up the Peruvian economy.

Since 2002, when the 27-year civil war ended, the country has worked to repair and improve ravaged infrastructure and weakened political and social institutions.

The spirit of independence and revolt which the invaders were bringing into the country could not but weaken clerical and monarchical institutions.

"The Government calls it the modernization of public services, but we consider it a way to fire workers and weaken public institutions."

Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights.

This increased the proportion of poor within the ghetto and also weakened civic institutions and investment in the local economy.

The bursting of the bubble has thrown the economy into disarray in recent months, weakening some major corporations and financial institutions, which are now expected to benefit as a result of the new stimuli.

But Congress and the state legislatures failed to take into account the existence of more than 1,000 severely weakened institutions.