Word: prop
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...football gods obliged and Edwards exploded for 152 yards on seven receptions, including one score, emphatically announcing his ascension to the upper echelon of Ivy receivers. The Crusaders would be foolish to commit such an egregious error twice, but it remains to be seen whether any strategy can prop up Holy Cross’ overmatched secondary against the Crimson’s passing game...
...economists doubt that the current Bush tax cuts, $290 billion in this year alone, helped stimulate the economy at first. Those rebate checks that arrived in the fall of 2001 helped prop up the economy during a dark period, and consumer spending helped the U.S. make its way to recovery. Now that the economy is improving, the calculus for tax cuts is different. Will cutting taxes further make a meaningful difference to the economy? And even if it does, can we afford to increase the deficit for the sake of tax relief...
...Rotterdam show so intriguing. As De Ceuster notes, the exhibit doesn't reflect the reality of North Korea: "All it portrays is an ideological image" meant to be stamped on the minds of a downtrodden people. Instead of revealing higher truths, this is the art of distortion, designed to prop up a higher power...
...true nature of America's racial dilemma than many are comfortable admitting. Yes, blacks are citizens. But look what it took to achieve that status and maintain it: a civil war followed by an endless procession of lawsuits, legal initiatives, commissions and efforts at social engineering, all designed to prop up blacks' civil and social rights...
...commanders on the ground, is bringing the insurgency under control. Just as the Coalition forces are hoping that the new government puts an Iraqi face on security operations, so will the new government be relying on those forces, principally the U.S., to be the most important prop of its own security strategy. But how the sovereign government and the U.S. forces that operate on its turf are to coordinate decisions on security matters has, for the most part, yet to be worked out. As much as it depends on U.S. security backing, the government's credibility in the eyes...