Word: bolstered
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With the new scientific evidence to bolster it, the logic for spending money on early-childhood development programs may seem incontrovertible. But not everyone is convinced. The question of what approaches have worked and will work has not been resolved. Research supports the long-term benefits of older programs that are used as models today, but those studies are criticized because they look at very small samples of children who were given special attention and care...
...phone companies keep phony records every cop is a conspirator, all photos are doctored, cuts on the finger cause amnesia, blood has a travel agent and night golf is popular. Yikes! I wonder if agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder from The X-Files know about this place. JOE BOLSTER Los Angeles...
...effort to bolster minority enrollment, Kennedy School officials said yesterday that the school plans to actively recruit potential students from under-represented ethnic and racial groups...
According to the transcript, the executives openly discussed shredding minutes of meetings and other documents that were sought by black employees in order to bolster their charges that Texaco discriminates against minorities in promotions and fosters a racially hostile corporate environment. "This diversity thing, you know how black jelly beans agree," remarked Texaco treasurer Robert Ulrich, who is now retired. To which Lundwall replied, "That's funny. All the black jelly beans seem to be glued to the bottom of the bag." Ulrich complained about a demand from black workers for recognition of Kwanzaa, the black holiday, saying...
Proposition 209 began as the brainchild of two university professors, and in an Orwellian twist it became known as the California Civil Rights Initiative. A few weeks before Election Day, its supporters even considered running television advertisements featuring Martin Luther King Jr. in a perverse attempt to bolster public opinion in favor of it. The TV ads were scuttled when the King estate threatened legal action and the Rev. Jesse Jackson began to effectively demonstrate that King had been an early proponent of affirmative action, though the particular term was not popularized in his lifetime...