Word: strengthen
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Eleventh-hour executive changes are not unique to this outgoing Administration - President Bill Clinton launched a number himself before leaving office, though many of his were designed to strengthen environmental regulations. Of the new changes, White House spokesman Tony Fratto says, "We're implementing regulations and we're trying to do them in the best way that protects the interest of the nation." But greens, who distrust virtually everything that comes out of this White House - which they consider one of the least environmentally friendly ever - feel differently. "If you thought the first 100 days of the Bush Administration were...
...according to Weatherl. Rather than denying the implications of the event, Weatherl tried to strengthen the case for conservative intellectualism by responding with a firm non-apology...
...average Cantabrigian. In Cambridge, McCain is lemonade on a glacial morning or hot chocolate on a scorching summer afternoon. McCain is the brunt of Al Gore’s jokes and professorial grievances. McCain is the underdog, despite his policies that boost the job market, strengthen American independence, and grant our generation a promising future...
...demise in the next election. Meanwhile, given his age (72) and the long history of mistrust between McCain and the Republican right, his other flank would be in danger too. Conservatives would probably demand a steady stream of vetoes of Democratic legislation, and any failure to deliver would strengthen his younger gop rivals. The McCain-Palin relationship would be Washington's answer to King Arthur and Mordred...
...going to go down and do 100 push-ups?" Ronald Johnson, the retired general whom the league hired to revive trust in the referees, plays along. "I told them I prefer to see guys doing flutter kicks," Johnson says of the grueling military calisthenics exercise used to strengthen leg muscles and abs. "They'd probably start crying faster...