Word: bolstered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Council members who attended the event said the positive feedback from students may bolster the low opinionundergraduates have of the council's socialactivities...
...Harvard win, of course, would put the Crimson comfortably ahead of the Elis in the standings, and would undoubtedly bolster Harvard's place in the national polls...
...this year and has confronted Bush with a tough set of choices. Mindful that the economy has expanded an average of just 0.3% annually since he took office, the worst performance under any postwar President, Bush would dearly love to ignite growth through tax cuts or other incentives to bolster his chances in November. Yet at the same time he fears worsening a budget deficit that is expected to exceed $350 billion this year...
...media mogul looted some $1.5 billion from the pension funds and coffers of public companies under his control, about twice the original estimate. Auditors also found that debts owed by Maxwell's private companies exceed $3.3 billion, up $830 million from earlier estimates, and that Maxwell allegedly schemed to bolster the stock price of one of his companies by illegally paying investors to buy shares...
What was George Bush up to? Until last week, he was busily trying to bolster President Mikhail Gorbachev in his struggle to keep the Soviet Union intact. Then on Thanksgiving eve Bush's staff leaked a startling message: the U.S. was ready to recognize an independent Ukraine -- even before Ukrainians had voted for it in a referendum...