Word: strengthen
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Victoria L. Steinberg '01, who also helped to create the report, says the report will strengthen the network of women's groups on campus and provide an overarching, institutional history of student efforts...
...that, says Goodheart, may help strengthen a weakened organ. Goodheart believes that muscles and organs are linked by the same invisible neuropathways and meridian lines tweaked by acupuncturists. It took Goodheart years to ferret out the connections: the shoulders' deltoids map to the lungs; glutei maximi in the butt to the prostate; and the psoas that run through the groin to kidneys...
Even taste sensations can travel through the brain and loop back to muscles. Tasting a nutrient, he says, stimulates an area of the brain responsible for muscle reflexes, so that a patient with a liver condition can swirl bile salts on his tongue and feel his pectorals strengthen...
...Branegan: The experience is certainly going to strengthen the hard-liners in Congress and the administration who would like to view China as an emerging threat. Still, it's not clear that they would be dominant or win the debate over policy, because there's also a pretty clear consensus that hard-headed engagement with China is in the best interest of the U.S., and the best way to ensure that China doesn't become a threat...
...them - China was behaving badly and very difficult to defend, and that cowed many engagement advocates into silence. The moderates are determined to avoid such blowups in the future, and ensure that if they do occur the damaged is minimized. To do that, they are going to have to strengthen their voices...