Word: embolden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were again misunderstanding Iranian society. Says Sepehr Zabith, a research associate at the Institutes of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley: "Each of the measures of accommodation that the U.S. took was viewed in Iran as a sign of weakness and of desperation. They served to embolden Khomeini, and the net result was that Khomeini was reinforced in his belief that he could impose his terms...
...showdown. Thomson executives announced last April that they would give the unions until Nov. 30 to agree to sweeping reforms in work procedures, or else the papers would close down until they relented. All of Fleet Street is watching the confrontation with keen interest: a Times victory could embolden other publishers to try curbing the labor anarchy that has racked Britain's 15 national newspapers for years...
...addition, it might produce a constitutional crisis involving Giscard and a Socialist Premier with conflicting ideological views. There was the possibility too that France might become the first major Western European nation in 30 years to install Communists as heads of government ministries, a prospect that could only embolden the left throughout Europe...
Though Matthes has been unable to top his own world record in four years of 100-meter backstroke competition, there is nothing like the Olympics to embolden an athlete-even an old one. Says Matthes: "It is going to be harder than ever for me, but I have a chance." Says Naber: "I can beat him. I'm not saying I will beat him, but I can beat...
Mutual Defense. Washington feels that Seoul's anxiety is at least slightly exaggerated; many experts expect Peking or Moscow (or both) to restrain Kim (TIME, May 12). Seoul, however, still has cause for concern. Communist victories in Indochina may so embolden North Korea that it will once again send its forces across the 38th parallel, perhaps gambling that South Korean President Park Chung Hee's repressive regime (TIME, April 28) has alienated the populace. Kim may also feel that the U.S., which has a mutual defense treaty with South Korea (backed by the presence of nearly...