Word: strengthen
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They want to know what military threat NATO expansion is designed to counter, how it will strengthen stability in Europe, and whether U.S. lives will have to be risked to deal with "border, ethnic, nationalist and religious disputes" in Central Europe. "I'm not convinced we should be part of an alliance that says the U.S. should go to war to protect a couple little countries most Americans haven't heard of," says Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy...
...changes facing Europe today are not just military, and NATO also serves a political function. Inclusion in the new NATO will strengthen the values and institutions of democracy in the new member states. The very possibility of membership has already encouraged a number of countries to step up their internal reforms and improve relations with one another. This sort of progress is a potent vaccine against the kind of plague that befell the former Yugoslavia...
...June 4 and was tracked to within 20 miles of the Foster ranch before it disappeared from the radar scopes in mid-June. Even more telling, Moore reported, the corner reflectors were put together with beams made of balsa wood and coated with "Elmer's-type" glue (to strengthen them). Also, he noted, the New York toy company that manufactured the reflectors had reinforced the seams with leftover tape that Moore recalled had "pinkish-purple abstract flower-like designs"--markings that Major Marcel could have interpreted as hieroglyphics...
With new groups possibly on the way, PBHA may also be able to strengthen at least one of its present programs through an alliance with Nike. The company has asked Cambridge Youth Association, a PBHA program, to help recruit volunteer coaches for youth sports. In exchange, students participating in the program will receive a stipend from Nike...
Nagy compares the effort to re-examine the language program with the recent movement to strengthen the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement, which was unanimously endorsed by the Faculty at the May 20 meeting...