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...Hercules military transports marked with the sky-blue and white colors of Argentina roared back and forth between the tiny island capital of Port Stanley and their mainland base, 600 miles away. The aircraft brought food, ammunition, trucks and members of the Argentine 9th Infantry Brigade to bolster the 2,500-man invasion force. In Buenos Aires, the government made further preparations for battle. Some 80,000 Argentines who had just finished their year of compulsory military service were ordered back into uniform...
...President's comments in Tanzania, the U.S. gives $1 billion a year in aid to a Kenyan government that ranks eighth from the bottom in Transparency International's world corruption tables. Bush has declined to visit Kenya, a key ally in Africa, sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to bolster mediation efforts by former U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan...
...Ways for John McCain to Bolster His Conservative Credentials...
...faculty interaction and exchange. Most importantly, however, these myriad programs must remain optional. Students should not feel that they have to take a seminar, go abroad, or get a job. The J-term should not simply morph into yet another opportunity for students to compete with one another to bolster their transcripts and resumes. Seminars should not be given for academic credit, and no internship or study abroad program should be mandatory. While these measures would go far to mitigate the excesses of competition, we look to the faculty and administration to continue to reinforce this message as well...
...selling properties that almost certainly won't go cheaply. Moreover, the land in question - which Pinewood owns - is located within the greenbelt, a swath of rural land that rings London where development is usually prohibited. The addition of homes in a country battling a housing shortage could also bolster its planning application. It won't hurt Pinewood's argument, either, that the expansion will create more than 1,000 permanent jobs...