Word: strengthen
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...Crimson’s readers could certainly concoct other examples that employ the organizing techniques and fun of flash mobs to strengthen social capital or promote political and cultural change. Flash mobs have an “all dressed up with no place to go” quality; let’s give them a destination...
...represents only one category of marijuana use. The others are sometimes grouped under the general heading of “recreational,” but that is hardly an adequate description of, say, marijuana’s capacity to heighten the appreciation of music and art or to strengthen the sense of connection to the natural world. It can deepen emotional and sexual intimacy, crystallize new ideas and insights, and expand one’s capacity to appreciate new aspects of life. Experienced users know that ideas flow more readily under its influence. Some of these ideas are good, some...
...warn that dire consequences would follow an Arafat expulsion and that - notwithstanding U.S. and Israeli efforts to sideline him - ''no Palestinian prime minister will succeed without the help of Arafat.? Even Sharon?s former foreign minister, Shimon Peres, warned that expulsion would be an ?historic mistake? that would only strengthen Arafat?s grip on Palestinian politics. Despite having long ago been branded ?irrelevant? by Sharon and banished from the diplomatic itineraries of the Bush administration, Thursday?s actions capped a month-long performance in which Yasser Arafat has reaffirmed his centrality to events in the Middle East...
...principal antagonists, the U.S. and North Korea. The parties couldn't muster enough consensus to release a joint declaration of common goals. And then, on Saturday, the North declared itself uninterested in future meetings. "The talks have made us believe that we have no other choice but to strengthen our nuclear deterrent force," a foreign ministry spokesman railed to North Korea's official news agency. "How can the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] trust the U.S. and drop its gun? Even a child would not be taken in by such a trick...
...Sadr's grandstanding is partly politics; he is trying to strengthen his position among Shi'ite leaders. But few doubt his pulling power--hundreds of thousands regularly attend his sermons--or dismiss the implied threat of an Iranian-style Islamic uprising...