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...British Foreign Office in London, "to take our partnership to a new level of support and engagement." Those words have been heard before, but after the Iraqi vote they don't ring hollow. Rice also came bearing gifts, including the President's promise to spend $350 million to bolster Palestinian reforms. Bush last week praised the Palestinian Authority in his State of the Union address for "showing the power of freedom to break old patterns of violence and failure." German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder reciprocated by offering to expand his country's training of Iraqi police. By the time...
Friends noticed another transformation in Khan. He became more religious after the successful nuclear tests in 1998. A Libyan source familiar with Khan's transactions with the Libyan government says Khan claimed he was selling nuclear technology to bolster the standing of Muslims. "We Muslims have to be strong and equal to any other country, and therefore I want to help some countries be strong," the source recalls Khan saying. Ex-colleagues told TIME that following the U.S. attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, he railed against the West and its operations against the Muslim community. After the U.S. imposed sanctions...
...causing unprecedented death and destruction, the tsunami has mocked our marvels of science and technology and humbled us. But it has also given us an opportunity to bolster faith in our capacity to unite and fight against the common enemies of war and terrorism. Let us pledge to show more compassion to one another. That could be the best tribute to those who have lost their lives. Harish C. Shukul Jacksonville, Florida...
...imbalance in any part of the film. For example, the oily layer, which is produced by glands at the base of the eyelashes, keeps tears from evaporating too quickly. If you don't make enough oil, you may need one of the thicker over-the-counter eyedrops to bolster that layer, along with warm compresses on your eyelids to open the glands...
While Faust said the soon-to-be-unveiled presidential initiative to bolster the role of women at Harvard will seek to address the drop in female tenure offers, she added that the initiative will also look to encourage female achievement starting with undergraduates. “We need to expand pipelines in order to make sure that there are substantial numbers of women in pools so that we can do this kind of hiring,” she said...