Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chinese political leaders are not entirely antipathetic to these plans, but insist that if they are only left to themselves they can deal with the present political situation. They contend that foreigners only bolster up and corrupt incompetent governments by selling them arms and ammunition; then they blame the Chinese...
...President himself on preparing for his Western trip was forced to consider two ends: 1) the political situation in the West, which Republicans hope he will bolster up for them; 2) his World Court proposal, which has received knocks from many Westerners of his party. The problem was to conciliate them and to dissuade them from opposition to the World Court...
Lawrence J. Abbot, J. T. Baldwin, Charles Barnes, George Baylies, Walter Baylies, J. L. Berrall, Isadore Black, M. G. Bolster, R. S. Bowers, Standish Bradford, Julian Brody, John C. Buchanan, Nelson Cabot, George Carey, R. N. Carson, Thomas Campbell, C. C. Carpenter, George B. Carpenter, Curtis Childs, A. L. Coburn, Henry Cole, W. E. Collins, William A. Coolidge, Warren Corning, E. K. Davis, Malcolm Dole, R. L. Frothingham, C. L. Gagnebin, W. L. Garrison, W. N. Gates, H. L. Gilbert, S. C. Graves, H. S. Grew Jr., Parker Hamilton, Morgan Harris, A. P. Hinckley, L. F. Holmes, Samuel Houghton...
...Grenfell's mission is not an effort to bolster up an inferior race in a fight against hopeless conditions of living, in an impossible land. It is an attempt to educate a people to take care of themselves, and to make the most of the world in which they live. In laying the foundation for a greater Labrador--a province which will represent more than a mere triangle on the upper-right-hand part of the map, it is "missionary work" in its highest and most practical sense...
...Centre line-up on the eve of the Stadium struggle. Captain Roberts, who thrilled the spectators of the 1921 contest by his tremendous playing at right end, the excellency of which won him a berth on Walter Camp's All-American eleven, has been shifted to fullback to bolster up the Colonels' offensive. Now weighing over 235 pounds with remarkable speed and three years' experience, his presence in the backfield should be of material assistance, not only as a line-plunger of known worth, but also as an outstanding interference man. Bartlett, veteran fullback, who has been...