Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...million to a total of nearly $586 million. Australia's seven squadrons of obsolete Canberra bombers and F-86 fighters will be replaced with French Mirage 111-0 fighters. Menzies has also placed orders for three U.S. guided-missile destroyers and four British Oberon-class submarines to bolster Australia's tiny fleet, consisting of a single aircraft carrier (damaged in a collision last Feb. 10), three destroyers and a handful of frigates and mine sweepers...
...stabilize the free market price of gold at very near the official U.S. price of $35 per ounce. The Soviet gold has not only eased the pressure on the dollar but has also alleviated much of the drain on U.S. gold reserves, since European bankers are now able to bolster their holdings with Soviet gold. Chiefly because of the Russian sales, the U.S. partially replenished its own reserves by buying $300 million in gold from the London pool last year...
...loss may not be so painful with the return yesterday of attackman Kieth Hutchison to the lineup. According to coach Dick Lentz, Hutchison seemed to be coming alive when he was injured after the squad's third game. Now, his addition may bolster the attack as it enters its toughest tests...
...Having been twice bitten by Sukarno, both in Indonesia and New Guinea, the Dutch will demand tight guarantees in their dealings with him. Though in effect they are helping the dictator over the economic problems resulting from his Malaysian "confrontation," the Dutch insist that they do not intend to bolster Indonesia's harassment of the new federation. Malaysia, whose own trade with The Netherlands runs to a healthy $75 million yearly, is not so sure-and has grounds for increasing concern about anything beneficial to Sukarno. The size of Indonesian raiding parties infiltrating Malaysia is on the increase. Last...
Both Shepard, who needs Bilodeau badly to bolster the Crimson's anemic hitting, and football coach John Yovicsin, who is thinking of using the junior as a quarterback next season, breathed audible sighs of relief at the news: some observers had thought the injury serious enough to keep Bilodeau out of athletic competition for the rest of the year...