Word: strengthen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This conflict points to an issue crucial to the power plant controversy: Harvard argues that it must continue construction at a fast rate or costs will skyrocket, while power plant opponents fear that the extensive construction only serves to strengthen the University's case for a reversal of the DEQE decision. Bracken said University officials involved with the construction "are moving ahead as fast as they possibly can--the more they put in, the more difficult it will be to stop them."Mission Hill residents last April delivered a petition against the Medical School Area power plant to President...
...security for Israel. This could prompt creative talk about such concepts as Israeli phased withdrawals in return for confidence-building good will gestures by the Arabs. Further discussion could attempt to define which Palestinians would participate in the West Bank's administrative agencies and what Egyptian measures might strengthen Israel's security. The Administration has become increasingly sympathetic to Israeli security needs and recognizes that some
...strengthen the dollar and weaken inflation, the Federal Reserve Board may be forced to raise interest rates still more. The cost of short-term credit has already been kicked up nearly 20% since January; last week major banks lifted their prime lending rate to businessmen a quarter of a point to 9¼%- the highest level since February 1975. A really tight credit squeeze could tip the economy into recession, but right now the outlook is for interest rates to peak later this year and begin to drift down...
...when the President appeared before the TV cameras he had nothing new to say. He spoke of his confidence in the U.S.'s "underlying economic strength," expressed hope that a narrowing U.S. trade deficit and a topping out of American inflation this year would eventually strengthen the battered buck-and let it go at that. Even as Carter was speaking, the dollar began sliding again. Though it rose smartly the next day, following an announcement by Blumenthal that there would be "a series of continuing actions" to bolster the dollar in coming weeks, no one could be sure that...
Later, the Administration tried to make it clear that it was serious. In background sessions with newsmen, Administration spokesmen outlined a three-pronged program. First, they said, the Federal Reserve Board would be taking steps, in concert with other central banks, to strengthen the greenback, and had already been moving "more actively" in buying dollars to prop up their price. Second, the Administration would step up efforts to get Congress to pass Carter's energy program, which would reduce oil imports and thus stem the drain of dollars out of the U.S. Indeed, Carter personally lobbied House members...