Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...well as regional weakness. Candidate Forbes said, with some justification, that he lost the election because of "sputnik, mutnik, and the sagging economy." Eisenhower advised GOP workers in 1956 to: "Never underestimate the value of a grin." But even the Eisenhower grin cannot eclipse the Russian moons or bolster the national economy...
...corps to "maneuver" near the Syrian bor der. Last week patrols exchanged shots for 45 minutes across the frontier. At week's end, to add to the tension, Egypt announced that "basic elements" of its air, sea and naval forces had arrived at the port of Latakia to bolster Syrian defenses...
Buttons & Fins. In the small-car field, American will bolster its successful line of British-made Metropolitans (sales through August: 8,354, up 78% from last year) by reviving the economy-sized (100-in. wheelbase) Rambler that was dropped in 1955. American will also face lift its regular 108-in. Rambler, give it canted tailfins, a flat roofline, pushbutton transmission and a slight horsepower boost to 215 h.p. in the V-8 model. In the low-medium price bracket. American will produce a third, 117-in. -wheelbase Rambler Ambassador to replace its defunct Nash and Hudson, will give it racier...
WORLDWIDE INFLATION is cutting into the $8.9 billion International Monetary Fund, which makes loans to bolster shaky currencies. With demand rising for IMF credit, Fund Boss Per Jacobsson wants to put bite on IMF's member nations to boost their contributions 30% to 35%. If raise is okayed, U.S. will have to add $1 billion to its quota of 2.75 billion...
...than union with India. When it came to explaining why Nehru had ended his boycot-since Sheik Abdullah still sits in jail-Nehru was somewhat less frank. Ostensibly, he had come to look at the receding floodwaters that recently inundated 700 Kashmiri villages. In fact, he had come to bolster India's position in the decade-old quarrel between India and Pakistan over possession of Kashmir...