Word: strengthen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strengthen the financial foundation of the "Yardling," candidates were permitted to buy ad space which appeared before the official opening of the campaign period. As mimeographed material, the "Yardling" would ordinarily have been closed to campaigners...
...position taken by the authors is common and understandable, but it is by no means justifiable. In a free society, when opinions become unpopular and dangerous it is most important that they be expressed. To yield to the "climate of fear," to become a scared liberal, is to strengthen the very forces which one opposes. Courage must complement conviction, for otherwise each man will become a rubber stamp content to spent the rest of his life echoing popular beliefs, never daring to dissent, never having courage enough to say what he thinks, and never living as an individual, but only...
...devotes to India, and free Asia looks with longing eyes at the rapid industrialization of the Chinese economy. Even more important, however, is the new Soviet offer of technical assistance to such nations as Afghanistan and India. These countries, which desperately need foreign capital, seem certain to strengthen their economic ties to China and the Soviet Union unless increased aid comes from the West...
...Three cooperation is of negative importance when it must come as a disadvantage to one of the members. Harvard stands to gain greatly by holding to an independent position. A refusal to go along with the fee will undoubtedly strengthen the University in those-very areas that it is trying to cultivate. The administration should recognize the inconsistency of adopting such a program and refuse to sacrifice its own policies for the call of Big Three unity...
...like the French to recall their mission from Hanoi and quit dealing with Ho Chi Minh, to call the Vietnamese generals off Diem, and to get rid, once and for all, of Bao Dai. Only then could Diem tackle South Viet Nam's basic problems: speed land reform, strengthen the army and restore confidence...