Word: fostering
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...plane tires and brakes, ammunition and radar equipment. The Israelis reportedly set up Swiss bank accounts to handle the financial end of the deals. Despite its embargo, the U.S. appeared to look the other way. Administration officials seemed interested in Israel's notion that the arms sales would help foster ties with leaders in the Iranian military who might topple the regime of the Ayatullah Khomeini. But by mid-1982 the U.S. was pressuring Israel to comply with the ban on weapons sales. Israel said it halted its shipments to Iran, but the transactions had created a network of eager...
...goal should be to foster the type of skills and opportunities that will allow a homeless family to return to the community. Once a family does return to the community, it could remain in contact with the center in order to continue follow research initiatives and to help resolve newly encountered problems...
...equally adept at prying open a wild croc or a can of Foster's. But ask Paul Hogan how he feels about the success of his first film, "Crocodile" Dundee, and he's likely to sound like the laid-back grandpa he is rather than the hottest actor to come up from Down Under since Mel Gibson got his driver's license. "We're doing real well," deadpans the self-described former pub lout. "And I'm feelin' real well." Bet you are, mate. The story of a crocodile poacher who trades the dangers of the Australian Outback...
...light of our own difficulties getting the administration to consider our concerns, we feel that any attempt to foster dialogue between the administration and the student body is in our basic interest. Harvard University is often validly criticized for treating its students as second-class citizens. For this reason, if none other, the Harvard Corporation should open its meetings to allow students to express widely-held concerns on issues clearly within the jurisdiction of the Corporation. The Harvard-Radcliffe Gay and Lesbian Students Association urges the Corporation to do so quickly. Matthew J. Bank '88 President H-R GLSA
Currently, the Foundation awards grants to students and groups every semester, despite the Eck report's recommendation that the Foundation consider "development grants" which foster "long range planning." And both Bossert and Gomes say the Foundation has no intention of funding projects on an ongoing basis...