Word: bolstered
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RESHUFFLE THE STAFF -- AND TAKE A BREAK A senior official admitted late last % week that deputy chief of staff Roy Neel will be leaving the Administration within weeks for a job in the private sector, opening the No. 2 management spot. Neel's departure will bolster those in the Administration who wonder what, if anything, can be done to bring more orderly attention to problems. Some hope New York attorney Harold Ickes, who was passed over for the deputy's job in January, will be pressed to fill Neel's shoes. A court-appointed investigator cleared Ickes last week...
However, Manter Hall administrators say thereare no plans to bolster student enrollment...
Using well-known books to bolster her arguments, Chou cited both Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly as indicative of the widening gap between today's Asian-American writers and their parents...
...COURTROOM, DEFENDANTS BECOME REAL. To bolster his effort to prove that Denny's attackers acted with no specific intent to kill or maim, Faal sought constantly, and with some success, to humanize them. At one point, in a step that actually supported a prosecution contention that Williams had a rose tattoo that was visible on the videotape, Faal sent his client to the jury box so that jurors could not only see the young man's arm but also touch...
...treaty, which would eliminate most trade barriers between the three countries within 15 years, has overwhelming support among economic thinkers. Of 19 major studies of NAFTA's impact, 18 predict that by expanding American exports, the agreement will bolster the U.S. economy, raise average incomes and increase overall employment. The basic argument appeals to common sense: since Mexican tariffs on imports are almost double those imposed by the U.S., the elimination of those duties should favor American exports. In the six years since Mexico began liberalizing its economy and lowering trade barriers, annual U.S. exports to the country have risen...