Word: strengthen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...right now, Columbia is still searching for a stronger, more reliable program that will strengthen the whole admissions system. A large fault of the weakness can be attributed to the alumni; compared to the old Princetons, Harvards and Yales, they lack tub-thumping spirit for the alma mater. The result is the college for the most part finds itself doing too much of the contact work, and has no strong organization outside of the immediate New York area...
NASH and Hudson are secretly dickering to merge. The deal, involving assets of $320 million, would be the biggest auto merger since Chrysler bought Dodge in 1928. Reason for the move: the two independents think that it would help them cut costs and strengthen their sales organizations to meet intense competition expected from autos' Big Three in 1954-55. One possible bar to the merger: among Hudson's biggest stockholders is Queen Juliana of The Netherlands, who with other Dutch shareholders was able to block a purchase eight years ago by Detroit's Fisher Bros...
...backfield are starting primarily because of their defensive work, and this should strengthen the Crimson as a team. Bob Hardy a blocking back is a proven line backer and will do his first offensive work today calling offensive signals. Wingback Bob Cowles, top Crimson defensive halfback last year, should add balance to the wing attack with his left-handed throwing. Most likely to crash the Crimson backfield today is hard-running senior Brian Reynolds, who has worked out at wingback, tailback and fullback...
...will be unfortunate if Chief Justice Warren, who has so great an opportunity and so great a responsibility to strengthen the prestige of the Supreme Court and to maintain in letter and spirit the great guarantees of the Constitution, should by his first judicial act weaken the Court's prestige and bring into question one of the greatest of the guarantees...
...have already given a taste of some of its potentialities. With a crisp stream of orders for reconnaissance, forays, ambush raids and harassing attacks, Navarre this summer broke the usual pattern of the monsoon, when the French in the past stopped fighting in order to build up supplies and strengthen their outposts, and the Reds sortied into villages to terrorize, recruit men and collect the rice on which they live...