Word: lend
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...only that, oil companies apparently showed an apparent callousness to events that actually resulted in them making a profit. In October 1998, Marathon Oil's internal economic analysis cheered the disruptive and destructive Hurricane Georges ("Nature stepped in to lend a helping hand") and appeared to welcome OPEC's "efforts to rein in output" as helpful to their business, which of course is the same as OPEC's, selling oil. And in 1999, BP Amoco (now BP) actually had a "Midwest, Mid-Continent Strategy" to avoid putting more oil on the market than their profitability could take...
...reader will be delighted by small details like the Light Rail transit line and Dick’s Sporting Goods in Hunt Valley Mall (where one can actually buy paintball gear). Institutions and landmarks like the Baltimore Orioles and the Gunpowder River are not simply bandied about to lend an air of authenticity. Attention to such detail is crucial, as Montgomery uses his familiarity with fisherman’s lingo and military life to good advantage in his characterization of the minor players in the novel...
...hospitals have provided initial funding of $50 million and lend their huge patient bases and banks of genetic information to the endeavor...
...Henley, Stevie Nicks and Lenny Kravitz (the original rock time traveler) lend vocals and classic chops to C'Mon, C'Mon, but the album doesn't lack veracity. Most tracks feel smothered by the lite discipline Crow imagines is required of an instant classic. Soak Up the Sun is another tribute to high spirits, but as with most of the record, good times and good lyrics prove incompatible. The line "It's not having what you want/It's wanting what you've got," belongs in a high school yearbook. Songs such as You're an Original...
Despite the volume of literature housed at the library, however, Kemple doesn’t know of any sliding bookcases or secret passageways that might lend themselves to skullduggery or haunting spirits. Hyperion and company would prefer not to worry about supernatural disturbances, as they already have enough earthly details to deal with that are beyond their control...