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The Ottoman Empire was weakening, however, and in 1821, the peoples of the Greek mainland achieved nationhood for the first time.
Given the need to pay such high rates on its debt, the government needed to borrow even more, further weakening confidence and pushing the rates still higher.
Musharraf accused former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of weakening the military, crippling the economy, and tolerating corruption.
A WSJ editorial takes its cue from the standoff, using it to decry the weakening of the U.S. military.
Moreover, given NATO's desperate need to "bring Milosevic to the table," DeLay cautioned, "It is not helpful for the president's spin machine to be out there right now saying that Milosevic is weakening."