Word: hearten
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Proxmire, a chronic candidate who has yet to win statewide office, has more than Boyle's candidacy to hearten him. He has received the endorsement of the state's labor organizations in a move that was more anti-Kohler than it was pro-Proxmire. He can also count on the return to the fold of Democrats who filled out Republican primary ballots, voted for Kohler to lessen the chance of a conservative Republican's winning. Kohler forces, who had expected to win in a walk, were running scared. "Every vote for Boyle," warned a Kohler lieutenant ominously...
...United States, as leader of the free world, should be prepared, nevertheless, to enter the conflict itself if there is no other way to hearten other nations in the cause of freedom. Therefore, the Government should issue a stern warning to Russia that she withdraw her troops from Hungary, or face the certainty of armed UN action...