Defense capabilities, which had been dangerously weakened during the 1970's, have been substantially rebuilt, restoring a more adequate level of national security.

Congress has dangerously weakened its own supervision of covert action.

"And we are dangerously weakened," said Silence.

Now that the Mahdi was gone, the cement that held it together was dangerously weakened.

To furnish a field army of 25,000 for the expedition, almost the entire effective establishment in Britain was dispatched and the garrison in India was dangerously weakened.

The Empire, dangerously weakened in its transitional state between the new and old orders, found itself under attack from all sides at once.

The duckers of Buckinghamshire had generally failed to introduce technological improvements such as the incubator, and inbreeding had dangerously weakened the breed.

The legitimising role of the UN has been reduced, while its efficacy and credibility have been dangerously weakened.

And with many defense contractors asserting that they have been dangerously weakened by shrinking military budgets, such forays could become more common, the experts said.

The economy was dangerously weakened by imbalances created in the late 1990's, long before the tragic events of Sept. 11.