1.   And Police Commissioner Howard Safir sent a letter to the Council contending that an outside monitor could undermine the ability of the Police Department to conduct corruption investigations.

2.   As the air war entered its third month, NATO and Pentagon officials said the campaign was undermining the ability of Milosevic to supply and maintain soldiers in Kosovo.

3.   Advocacy groups and public commissions have documented how flawed casework by overburdened and inexperienced workers undermine the ability to protect children.

4.   Bush and Cheney said this week that disclosing such information would undermine their ability to seek candid, confidential advice.

5.   But the administration has argued that sanctions are becoming counterproductive and undermine its ability to conduct the affairs of state.

6.   But there is no principled reason that Congress, under the guise of promoting electronic commerce, should undermine the ability of state and local governments to collect taxes.

7.   Democrats also had concerns about language on labeling restrictions that could undermine the ability of U.S. pharmacies and distributors to import and sell the drugs.

8.   For now, the tribes are looking at another development that they say further undermines their ability to share their revenues with the state.

9.   He argued eloquently that the decline in literacy undermines our ability to think, trivializes our lives and puts education, religion and democracy itself at risk.

10.   Initially, the Treasury Department opposed the House legislation, in part because they said it would undermine their ability to enforce U.S. tax laws.