Word: strengthen
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This discovery could lead to the addition of TLR8 stimulants to vaccines in order to strengthen the newborns’ immune systems, according to Levy...
...former “Positive Psychology” student, Sepah said this fit with Ben-Shahar’s references to University of Michigan psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson’s research that positive emotions strengthen personal resources, increasing chances of success...
...boosting what is presently a small field in the department, according to Government Chair Nancy L. Rosenblum ’69. “We are in need of senior scholars in political philosophy, and in particular in continental philosophy,” Rosenblum said. Rosen will help strengthen Harvard’s course offerings in 19th century continental thought, an underrepresented area since the departure of continental specialist Seyla Benhabib in 2001. “Those hundred years were crucial for the development of modern thinking,” said Peter A. Hall, director of the Minda de Gunzburg...
...Other changes are likely to be announced soon, including a replacement for Treasury Secretary John Snow. Joshua B. Bolten, who took over last Friday afternoon as Bush?s second chief of staff, also plans to strengthen the Cabinet liaison and legislative affairs shops. Bush plans to promote Ruben Barrales, the Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs...
...write that during the first period of interaction, from 1841 to around 1900, China's view of the U.S. was a mixture of wonder and fear. Woken from torpid indifference to the outside world by humiliating defeats in the Opium Wars, the Qing mandarins decided China must strengthen itself by observing the ways of other countries. But for all their awe at America's technological prowess, of "fire-wheeled vehicles" that moved faster than a Daoist sage "riding the wind," signs of distrust soon emerged. Liang Qichao, a Chinese reformer who visited the U.S. in 1903, expressed concern about American...