Word: bolstered
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Arnold Schwarzenegger may soon have a new role on TV and print ads: pitchman for Popeye's favorite power food. It's part of an effort to bolster the sagging spinach industry, which got bruised this fall when bags of the leafy green were found contaminated with E. coli 0157 bacteria. Nearly 200 people became ill-- and three died--after eating the tainted spinach, which was traced to California-based Natural Selection Foods. The company is now testing its produce for bacteria, and kids will just have to start eating their greens again...
...what could the U.S. do differently? There's no simple answer to the challenge of political Islam, terrorism and authoritarianism. But by using its considerable capacity to decisively address the root causes of conflict, the U.S. would bolster moderate forces like Siniora and isolate governments and groups that exploit unresolved grievances to justify violence. Otherwise, existing trends will continue and the region will see further polarization, extremism and war-and perhaps the deployment of U.S. troops to additional trouble spots...
...other warlords were. Payments totaling several hundred thousand dollars were funneled to various militia groups, according to U.N. sources. The program was an open secret in Somalia and among the African diplomatic corps, but its only success was to bolster support for the Islamic Courts among a population weary of anarchy and opposed to foreign meddling. "It was a spectacular disaster," says John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group. "Not only were the militia leaders routed, but the U.S. and CIA support for these militias led to strengthened support for the Islamic Courts...
...reprinted a Japanese inscription from a memorial for a group that had helped suppress the Boxers. It was really culturally mixed up.” AAWA members discussed changing the name of the party with the Fox’s president at the time, and began contacting professors to bolster a case for racism in the Fox’s choice to name a pajama party after what Ho calls “a very very bloody, very ugly chapter in Chinese history.” The resulting criticism of the party was more intense than it had ever been...
...reprinted a Japanese inscription from a memorial for a group that had helped suppress the Boxers. It was really culturally mixed up.” AAWA members discussed changing the name of the party with the Fox’s president at the time, and began contacting professors to bolster a case for racism in the Fox’s choice to name a pajama party after what Ho calls “a very very bloody, very ugly chapter in Chinese history.” The resulting criticism of the party was more intense than it had ever been...