Word: smartened
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...Bush administration had hoped to "smarten" international sanctions against Iraq, but right now the U.N. Security Council is more inclined to keep them dumb. The U.S. and Britain were forced Wednesday to hold back a revised sanctions program they had hoped to have in place when the current oil-for-food program expires on June 4. Instead, the Security Council voted Thursday to simply extend the existing sanctions package and the oil-for-food program that allows Iraq to purchase its basic food and medical needs...