Word: buttress
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...issue has provoked a backlash among white residents on the Natal and eastern Cape coasts. Many are supporting the rightist Conservative Party, which now forms the official opposition in the whites-only legislative House of Assembly. To buttress their case that segregation must be maintained in traditionally white bathing areas, the Conservatives point to "uncivilized" behavior by blacks, including topless bathing by black women, a practice that is anathema to many whites...
...rebel leaders were in Washington petitioning for additional aid. The appeal netted a fresh infusion of humanitarian funds and the possibility of renewed military assistance should the 60-day cease-fire fail. The confusing signals could only leave skeptics wondering whether the threat of renewed aid was intended to buttress peace, or if the threatened peace was intended to ensure more...
About the only plausible defense for the spending limits is that they buttress long-shot candidates. "It's sort of like the speed limit," says Pat Mitchell, Paul Simon's Iowa coordinator. "It keeps the carnage down." Most campaign spending experts, such as Herbert Alexander of the University of Southern California, would like to see the state caps eliminated. "They're ridiculously low," he says, "and they lead to subterfuge." All too often, in fact, the result is an amoral minuet in which the end (the White House) justifies all sorts of quasi-legal chicanery. "There is retail chiseling, like...
...traditional-style marriage was expected, among other things, to buttress Bhutto's image as a "normal" Pakistani woman. Still, some allies were concerned that the union with Zardari, a onetime playboy, could damage Bhutto's political career. Not so, averred Bhutto, who added, "I'd certainly like to have a family...
...free flow of capital across international borders. In the mid-19th century, European investments helped finance the building of America's railroads, essential for opening up the West. Later, Europeans put their money into American ranching, farming and mining. After the turn of the century, foreigners helped buttress one of the most powerful companies of the era, U.S. Steel, by buying up fully 25% of its equity...