These policies were justified at the time by the weakened position of Japanese industry and the country's chronic trade deficits.

He played down assertions by reporters that Republicans had agreed to the budget only because the scandal put them in a weakened position.

In turn I request that you not attack my weakened positions here.

And the Democrats are determined to exploit his weakened position as the 1988 campaign approaches.

The rivalry between the two tourist operations left both in a weakened position.

His weakened position removes him from that a little bit.

Will the new head of the civil service be in a weakened position?

From this weakened position, subsequent negotiations are extremely difficult.

Iraq has tried to use the weakened position of the US President for its own benefit.

Until the mid-1930s, Germany's ability to realize these goals was limited by her weakened military and economic position.