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...from afar like a pipe-smoking puppetmaster. At Geneva, made even more apprehensive by the arrival of a new Soviet ambassador in Tehran, Laurentiev, he spoke out in a news conference on July 25 against the communist menace in Iran. He was meanwhile working desperately behind the scenes to bolster the Shah's confidence. It was Dulles who persuaded the Shah's sister, Ashraf, to return the same day to Iran in a vain attempt to encourage her brother to be more assertive...
Although University officials are trying to keep the $250 million drive under wraps as much as possible until the fall, so they can start off with a splash, Glimp said last week that the drive will focus on raising money to bolster undergraduate financial aid and faculty salaries against inflation...
Glimp said the University's major drive, expected to last five years, will be used mainly to bolster undergraduate financial aid and faculty salaries by building up endownment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The drive is "not for bricks and mortar," he said...
...three special events in the Carter presidency were the Camp David summit meeting on the Middle East, last month's action to bolster the dollar and dampen inflation, and the normalization of relations with China. The public reaction to Carter's decisions is still uneven, but it is commonly believed around the capital that his decisiveness and the smooth execution of his plans have shored up his leadership, and that his new strength will soon be reflected in more public respect for the President...
...insists that re-naming the library "would do little to advance the cause of freedom in South Africa." Obviously, only the people of South Africa can liberate themselves; but they cry out to us to break the economic, political and psychological ties between South Africa and the West which bolster the racist regime...