Word: re-establish
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...avoid a repeat of the events of a decade ago, when the last official student government gambled with its life and lost. In a bid to gain power, the Harvard Undergraduate Council (HUC), as the government was known, first dissolved itself in 1970 and then asked students to re-establish it with greater responsibilities and a larger budget (which would have been provided by a $10 addition to all undergraduate term bills). HUC severely misjudged its popularity, however; a majority of undergraduates voted against re-establishing it, and Harvard was left without a central student government until...
Slightly more than half of those surveyed also feel that more than a year will be required to improve the nation's defenses, re-establish American prestige abroad, trim waste from Government, deal effectively with the Soviets and reduce unemployment. Though the poll does not measure just how long Americans will be patient about these problems, it does show that Reagan is not expected to be a miracle worker...
Only with help will a woman come to see that she bears no responsibility for her rape, that she can turn her anger outward and effect social change. She must break through her fear, re-establish at least a rudimentary sense of invulnerability, and accept her own power before she is able to act constructively. In fact, most women break through society's myths and lead normal lives. But the woman's life is changed and she needs others to affirm and support her own positive growth after her pain...
...most convoluted are the motivations of Jordan's King Hussein. He too fears the contagion of Khomeini's revolution, particularly if it were to spread to Iraq, which has a Shi'ite majority and is on Jordan's own borders. Also, there is some evidence that Hussein wants to re-establish himself as a spokesman for the Palestinian residents of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which was ruled by Jordan until the 1967 Middle East war. Hussein bitterly recalls how other Arab leaders humiliated him at the 1974 Rabat summit by designating the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole representative...
...best interests. "Aquino has an interest in being here and saying, 'The economy is going to the dogs, and opposition is uniting, and Marcos should surrender now instead of being forced out.' There's a certain amount of truth in that, but he has to be vocal to re-establish his credibility after eight years in prison," one State Department official says...