Word: propping
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America's allies, who would prefer that the U.S. restrain domestic demand by cutting its budget deficit, jawboned back. European finance ministers and central bankers met on Sept. 21 at the Scottish resort of Gleneagles, and word leaked that the Europeans might intervene to prop up the greenback. The dollar thereupon rebounded...
...situation in order, the Government is allowing thousands of farmers to fail but is spending billions to boost foreign sales and prop up incomes for those who survive. Yet the adjustment process is a bitter one that promises hardship not only for farm families but for the thousands of already troubled farm-oriented businesses, including machinery builders, petrochemical companies, seed producers and the mom-and-pop shops that keep small rural towns alive...
...women lived together in the houses, things were very different. The doors to rooms in North House bear mute testimony to the old way of life. On almost every door hangs a 6-in. hook, which, legend says, young Radcliffe students had to use as a door prop whenever they had a male visitor. After all, no young lady could have her door closed with a man in the room. Today, male and female North House students pry the hooks off their doors as mementos of a bygone...
...mill around, joking and sparring with our prop swords. Patrick discusses the cue with the lighting designer and finally tells us where to start. We run our scene, pausing for a few more cues, and return to the green room...
...idea is that there is a constructive and positive way that is not going to prop up the status quo. We feel that this is a contribution to the problem," he said...