Word: hastening
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...crash, he was placed under guard in the back of an open truck. Later, he was executed by an officer who fired a .45-cal. bullet into his temple. The government rounded up eleven other plotters and also shot them. Ironically, the coup's failure could hasten the kind of Laotian peace that it sought to prevent. Souvanna has emerged with his position strengthened by the firm support of the U.S. and the army...
Although it is excellent to have a giant's strength, it is tyrannous to use it like a giant, and a giant acting for himself can't use it any other way. By deepening our understanding of this truism, Sampson's book may hasten--in however slight a degree--the day when the people of the world assume the power their capital has built...
Moreover, higher fuel prices would hasten the search for gas and oil substitutes that at present are not economically feasible...
...apply to the admissions practices of institutions of higher education--they are also prohibited from discriminating--and goals and timetables imposed on them, too, though up to now that has not been done. Thus I consider not only the special problems of the use of goals and timetables to hasten the employment of faculty in universitites and colleges, but the validity of this approach in general, for all employers, and for the processes of admission to institutions of higher education...
...voice, and always will. Now, as always. The Crimson endeavors to pursue truth. We aim at those unlikely journalistic goals of fairness and objectivity. We challenge all sides to choose the most just and humane course of action. And, with consideration given to the consequences of our action, we hasten to print all of the news regardless of our own allegiances...