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...knew that I was going to be a musician; that was it. But The Decoders broke up right after we graduated in 1982. I was immediately inducted into The Sex Execs; I was brought in to bolster up the horn section. And they knew I was a good hang for them: another over-educated dude out there drinking too much beer and trying to be in a rock band...
...depository's climate-controlled environment is a conscious effort to bolster the longevity of the materials stored there while also providing access through delivery service back to the participating library," she says...
...averse U.S. leadership in both the White House and Congress would muster the political will to become embroiled in what its own policy would define as a Chinese civil war. By that logic, even if Taiwan doesn't get the weapons it covets, the administration may be inclined to bolster the island's capacity for self-defense - and soothe China's anger with an economic carrot...
...keep Haider from power failed--even after the U.S. and Israel, in rare forays into European domestic politics, threw in their weight, Israel by recalling its ambassador and the U.S. by bringing its ambassador home for "consultations." But some observers felt that the outside agitation merely served to bolster Haider's support--the 27% his party won in Austria's elections last October. As Anneliese Rohrer, domestic-affairs editor of the Vienna daily Die Presse, put it, "Austrians do not like to be kicked around. They are saying, 'Well, if they all hate him, he must be good.'" According...
PARENTAL TECH SUPPORT Don't just buy your kids a computer and expect them to become science and technology wizards all by themselves. Youngsters want some reliable mom-and-dad support to bolster their science education. The latest Lemelson-M.I.T. Invention Index survey reveals that more than half of teens, 55%, believe parental encouragement to do well in science is an excellent idea. Some 39% want parents to provide access to books and materials. And 36% want parents to help with homework or school projects. The parental law of inertia is, apparently, no excuse...