Word: emboldening
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...vote for this bill but they're getting unprecedented pressure from their leadership to vote against it," Fletcher tells TIME. Fletcher isn't helped by the fact that the Senate finally passed the Kennedy-McCain-Edwards bill last week largely intact by a vote of 59-36. That will embolden House Democrats and moderate Republicans to stick with Norwood's measure...
...athletes in the world to compete in a peaceful arena. The IOC must ask whether this ideal is compatible with a government that consistently uses brute force to quash political and religious expression. Letting Beijing have the Games would, at best, send the wrong signal. At worst, it would embolden Beijing to commit even more flagrant infractions by showing that the international community will turn a blind eye to its abuses...
...Well, the current showdown will certainly embolden politicians who reject the One China policy. And the Taiwanese could capitalize on this incident to justify its request for upgraded U.S. arms. There's a large strategic ambiguity in One China, but I think Washington has no real alternative but to persist with that ambiguity - maintaining the balance between the two sides, but refraining from giving Taiwan the impression that they have carte blanche to take more adventurist paths to independence, while signaling Beijing that an invasion would have enormous costs...
Most universities have no immediate plans to stop asking for SAT scores. But at those schools that were having second thoughts about the test, Atkinson's stance will embolden anti- SAT forces. "It's gutsy," says Florida International University admissions chief Carmen Brown, "and a lot of other places will follow." The College Board, which oversees the SAT, was worried enough after the speech to e-mail colleges a defense of its test...
...Most universities have no immediate plans to stop asking for SAT scores. But at those schools that were having second thoughts about the test, Atkinson's stance will embolden anti- SAT forces. "It's gutsy," says Florida International University admissions chief Carmen Brown, "and a lot of other places will follow." The College Board, which oversees the SAT, was worried enough after the speech to e-mail colleges a defense of its test...