Word: bolstered
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...there isn't too much that could have been done to bolster the script. Unfortunately, this production fails to add any significant saving grace. Individual performances stand out or fall flat precisely because there is no sense of group tension or harmony; colorful patches against a gray background will always be noticed, but not necessarily admired...
...skepticism about political clergy, Communist East Germany has turned him into a secular saint because of his influence on German culture. Party Boss Erich Honecker, head of the regime's Luther-jahr committee, is willing to downplay Luther's antirevolutionary ideas, using the giant figure to bolster national pride...
...PRESENT LOCATION of the United Nations does more than just bolster America's prestige and its claim to be the world's premier power, the New York site also draws to the United States all the world's leaders and top diplomats, enabling them to see American pluralism firsthand. The United Nations' proximity to the nation's capital gives the United States an unqualified edge in the diplomatic world; a short hop to Washington, D.C. allows foreign dignitaries visiting the United Nations to meet their American counterparts for important bilateral consultations. And contrary to the President's appraisal of American...
Meltzer hopes the novelty of the alcohol-free malts will also bolster the image Ruggles has tried to create with its "English-style" pizza...
...robust dollar took seed precisely four years ago during the Carter Administration. At the 1979 annual meeting of the IMF in Belgrade, foreign moneymen told Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker that he had to do something to bolster the then sulking American currency. Volcker returned to Washington and three days later unveiled a strategy for curbing U.S. inflation and stopping the dollar's skid. The plan called for the Federal Reserve to keep extraordinarily tight controls over the growth in money, even if that meant sharply higher interest rates...