Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...done in South Viet Nam. Captured cadre notes spoke of a "counteroffensive." Depressed by constant defeats on the battlefield and consigned to stay in South Viet Nam until the war was over, the infiltrated North Vietnamese regulars were growing weary and restive. They badly needed a victory to bolster their morale, or at least a major initiative that they could call their...
...first glance, that would seem to bolster the case for conglomerates, since such acquisition-minded companies argue that their diversification activities are the best hedge against cyclical swings in a single industry. But conglomerates can have slumps of their own. Litton Industries, a pioneer that chalked up an impressive round of sales and earnings records during fiscal 1967, has announced that its latest quarterly profits (for the three-month period ending Jan. 31) will be "substantially lower" than expected. Much of the blame was laid on management "deficiencies," and Litton said that the problem has now been corrected...
...latest and loudest thunderbolt from a long-gathering storm of North Korean belligerence. Under Premier Kim II Sung, a tough, Soviet-trained soldier, the North has become increasingly frustrated by its place in the Communist world and its poor showing visa-vis South Korea. Moved by the desire to bolster his regime internally and win some international notice and prestige -plus his oft-stated desire to distract the U.S. from its role in Viet Nam-Kim has deliberately launched his country on a high-risk policy...
Impressed with his poise and energy, Lyndon Johnson promoted him to Acting Secretary a year ago when John Connor quit after two frustrating years of steadily diminishing influence over U.S. economic policy. Though the post looked like a backwater, Trowbridge worked skillfully to bolster sagging department morale, pleased the White House with his loyalty in promoting Administration policies and his ability to keep his mouth shut about Commerce's many vacancies in top jobs. His reward was not only appointment last May as full-fledged Secretary-youngest in the department's history-but also a rising role...
Apart from showing a willingness to buy more U.S. Government bonds, West Germany balked at U.S. pressure for more help in defraying the cost of stationing troops in Europe. Japan pleaded difficulties with its own balance of payments deficit in refusing to agree to any specific new steps to bolster the dollar. Officials in both London and Tokyo expressed alarm over the possibility that the Administration may ask Congress to enact some form of border taxes to offset those imposed by Common Market countries. Clearly, Johnson's unexpectedly drastic blow at the U.S. payments deficit had strained the intricate...