Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...evidence that research can solve many farm-surplus problems. Powdered eggs have been so improved that they have hatched a new line of cake and cookie mixes. Only a few years ago surplus-ridden citrus growers in Florida were destroy ing tons of oranges in an effort to bolster prices; now about 50% of their crop is being turned into frozen orange juice and many growers are expanding. A new process, developed by the Agriculture Department, to dehydrate cooked potatoes has proved so successful that several manufacturers have put the product on the market. Predicts Dr. G. Edward Hilbert. research...
...State Department reported this newest move to bolster young King Hussein's hand amid unconfirmed rumors that Russian volunteers might back up forces seeking to topple...
...With the experts thus thoroughly confounded, the defense was no less merciless with lay testimony, trapping prosecution witnesses (including two nurses) in the bog holes of their own faulty memories. When, at last, the exhausted prosecution rested, Lawrence called only two witnesses to bolster his own case. The frustrated Attorney General was not even given the chance of cross-examining the defendant. Confident that he had the case won, the defense counsel decided not to put his client on the stand...
Repetto's battery-mate, Phil Haughey, will bat eighth. Haughey strengthened his position as starting catcher by getting one hit and two runs batted in against M.I.T. Earlier in the season, coach Norman Shepard experimented with Botsford behind the plate, presumably in order to bolster the team's hitting attack...
Phil Haughey will again be behind the plate. Although coach Norman Shepard earlier experimented with Matt Botsford, presumably to bolster the varsity's batting attack, Haughey strengthened his position Thursday by getting one hit and two runs batted in on three times...