Word: bolstered
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...spectrum handout is a classic example of how government subsidies live on after their rationales have expired. The giveaway was originally conceived by the Reagan Administration as a way to bolster American firms in a race with Japan to develop a new technology called High-Definition Television. Then hdtv was eclipsed by so-called digital television, which promises extra-sharp pictures and CD-quality sound. The Japanese are barely in the digital race, but the fcc decided to ladle out the frequencies anyway...
Thus, while the Prodigy decision may bolster the attempt of the indecency bill backers to hold Internet providers responsible for their users' postings, the Scientology case upholds the broader and more important theme that it's wrong to use the law to restrict freedom of expression. (In cases where neither libel nor intellectual property violations have truly been committed...
...Federal Communications Commission approved the merger of Westinghouse Inc. and CBS, creating the nation's largest broadcaster. "The merger helps CBS because it gives them a large number of new affiliates, which should bolster them as a network" says senior media writer Richard Zoglin. (Westinghouse/CBS owns 16 TV stations reaching 32 percent of the country, and 39 radio stations.) "It doesn't help them in terms of broad-based communications," Zoglin adds, "because Westinghouse, like CBS, doesn't have extensive cable holdings. Westinghouse is a long-established corporation with a reputation for tightfisted management, which could mean some job layoffs...
...were characterized by a significantly improved voter turnout among first-years, attributable in large part to the new vote-by-internet system. We hope that undergraduates will continue to increase their participation by voting in council elections. A high voter turn-out is one of the surest ways to bolster the legitimacy and accountability of our student government...
...also have a call for reform. This paltry number of tickets sold for the Dartmouth game indicates that school spirit has reached a new low. Harvard should do more to bolster it. Perhaps the University should think about extending this policy of free tickets to all future Harvard-Dartmouth and Harvard-Yale games...