Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...members of the University are eligible, including Freshmen and graduate students, it is difficult to say what unknown forces may be discovered to bolster the veteran material...
What was said in the cascade of oratory at the Congress of Industry had been said a thousand times at a thousand businessmen's conventions since the spring of 1933. For such convention orators Recovery had served only to bolster their spunk, sharpen their tongues. Their speeches were still awash with the same ponderous complaints, the same doleful predictions, the same solemn warnings...
...bolster his lonely position Pundit Sullivan on occasion even invokes the verdict of history yet to come, as when he wrote last month: "I suspect historians years hence will say the election of Mr. Roosevelt, and the steps he took, amounted partly to a holding back of recovery...
...Varsity next year will come a wealth of material. Captain Cliff Wilson showed much promise at his new position at center, and Frank Foley, Ulysses Lupien, and Harding shone in the backfield. Stahley's men will materially bolster the 1936 Varsity squad...
...lightweight squad will be particularly strong, but relatively few men have reported for the heavier weights. Football men will return later to bolster these classes and all others interested in wrestling are urged to report as soon as possible...