Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Messuri's presence should bolster the Tiger offense. But with inconsistent goaltending, will Princeton roar...
Beber and an aggressive Harvard defense held the Engineers to only two goals in the second half and both overtime periods. Freshman Kio Lippitt will try to bolster the holedefense position after MIT's Will Schrorr punished the Crimson with seven goals from the hole-setter position last week...
Initially some residents complained about the crackdown, but they have quickly become accustomed to the feeling of safety it provided. The newly married residents may bolster a tenant patrol that will soon take the place of the police. Says Lane: "Hopefully these guys who are hiding and ducking and dodging may be able to step forward and be responsible...
...Saturday editorial page, The New York Times chimed in with the prevailing view of this new legislation as a sham bill designed to bolster senators' prospects for re-election. "The 100th Congress appears determined not to leave town without serving up a tough-sounding bill on drugs," The Times editorial intoned. The good, gray Times went on to denounce the new drug bill as "one that flashes empty promises under campaign pressure...
That is precisely the point. By talking to Botha, black leaders considered implacable enemies of apartheid provide him with a political breakthrough. They handshake him out of isolation and invest him with the credentials of international respectability. Televised images of black leaders welcoming him to their lands bolster his ritual argument: southern Africa is an interlocking unit that cannot hope to solve its problems without South Africa's wealth and skills. More immediately, the visible evidence that black African states are cooperating with him helps Botha undermine the sanctions campaign in the U.S. and Europe. "Allegations that South Africa...