The Ukrainian government could cripple Transdniestria by policing the common border tightly.
Critics contend the vouchers could cripple public schools by diverting desperately needed funds.
If the Republicans do well in the mid-terms, Mr Ornstein fears, they will try even harder to cripple Mr Obama by opposing all the Democrats' initiatives.
The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty would effectively cripple our nuclear deterrent capability by prohibiting any explosive nuclear testing.
As proven by the OPEC crisis of 1973, oil and other natural resources can, and will be used as weapons by those who would cripple the global economy in an attempt to put a squeeze on the United States.
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Meanwhile, the Ashmolean Museum, also in Oxford, has a tiny show of Brazilian baroque art, including expressive wood carvings by a legendary 18th-century mulatto sculptor who was nicknamed O Aleijadinho, the Little Cripple, because in later life he became so disfigured by disease that his assistants had to strap his tools to his wrists.
Sullivan continues to explain how headcount freezes can negatively impact revenue and cripple the future sustainability of a corporation by reducing its capacity to innovate (see The Economic Downturn Means That Hiring Freezes Will Soon Decimate Recruiting).
But it also hints at the capricious Mr Hussein's power to cripple the Kurdish economy overnight, should he decide to flood it by releasing billions of Swiss dinars.
In federal court in New Jersey the suit accuses Qualcomm of trying to cripple Broadcom's entry into a new wireless-chip business by wrongly tying chip orders to royalty rates and charging fees so steep Broadcom can't compete.
Al-Sadr's followers have accused the government, which is dominated by al-Sadr's leading rivals, of trying to cripple their movement before provincial elections in October.
By that logic, putting a wall between the offensive and defense halves of the NSA could cripple its defensive talents.
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