watering-down

• “The right of his party and the rightwing media are already growing impatient with him over climbdowns on policy, particularly the watering-down of reforms of the NHS under pressure from the Liberal Democrats.”

  The Guardian: The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain

• “Lansley indicated he was prepared to accept a significant watering-down of the plans to extend competition by obliging Monitor to promote it between hospitals.”

  The Guardian: Coalition's divisions over future of NHS deepen into open warfare

• “Obama should have started with a tax proposal 100 times higher, and let the watering-down start from there.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Administration Outlines New Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee

• “Since the financial crisis, the October 2008 bailout of UBS and the watering-down of bank secrecy, voters identify far more easily with issues linked to the two big banks, according to GFS.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Acid Test for Swiss Big-Bank Overhaul

• “Overall, the Resource Super Profits Tax will mean earnings and valuation reductions; we expect the forthcoming consultation period with the government will be intense and can only hope for some watering-down provisions," Credit Suisse said.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Australian Tax Proposal Hits Miners

• “The debate over financial reform has defied the normal laws of legislating: as the final deadline approached, the bill got tougher on Wall Street and more immune to the normal watering-down delivered by lobbyists, interest groups, and lawmakers friendly with those lobbyists and interest groups (see: the delegation from the great state of New York).”

  The Huffington Post: A Strong Bill Today, But What About In A Year?

• “Hmmph. But Obama is a realist, and the truth of the matter is that a coalition of Democrats in Congress were the ones who demanded such watering-down, or else they weren't going to vote for it (meaning nothing would have passed).”

  The Huffington Post: Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [129] -- Incrementalism Wins Big

• “This kind of watering-down makes it difficult for consumers to identify the truly exceptional models in a category.”

  Consumer Reports: Beyond Energy Star: A race to top efficiency

• “Then, there are the educational bureaucrats who have been attempting to restructure education on a “business basis,” which results in institutions competing for students on the basis of popularity, the increasing easiness of courses and majors, and in the watering-down of curricula and the continued pressure to increase class sizes to gain economies of scale.”

  Capitalistic/Free-Market Zealotry « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website

• “The report also sets a target that police will respond to non-emergency calls within two days - a watering-down of plans to set a target of three days which was contained in earlier drafts.”

  When The Feeling’s Right, Now. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG

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