31.   You weaken your power each time you hesitate, needlessly apologise or disparage your own statements.

32.   Bank officials said that far from strengthening the bank, the controversial government proposal would weaken its power by separating it from its key function of supervising commercial banks.

33.   Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic on Sunday told AFP he was resigning to protest a new law that weakens the power of his post and the government.

34.   The progress of the Taliban, who in October reached the gates of Kabul, has considerably weakened the power of the Hezb-i-Islami.