Word: strengthen
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...undertake a similar transformation, rebuilding itself from the ground up. Ozawa needs to strengthen the party media machine, assemble large and vocal grassroots support organizations and nurture third-party advocacy programs that reinforce the DPJ's own programs and policies...
...Each revival-like meeting has drawn hundreds--in some cities, thousands--with many in the audience buying armloads of books to give to friends and relatives. The book is a nonpartisan agenda for black progress. Its prescriptions range from the individual-- "Invest in a home computer"--to the societal--"Strengthen the Voting Rights Act." The Covenant's success may have surprised the publishing world but not Smiley, who says, "There is a hunger and a thirst on the part of black people for leadership--a blueprint, a game plan, a guidebook, for how to make black America better...
Patrick also suggested longer school hours and after-school programs to strengthen primary education—a measure he said may lower gang violence as well...
Today, thousands of Hispanic immigrants, both legal and illegal, will walk out from their homes, jobs, and classrooms to take part in a nationwide protest. They will be protesting the recent immigration reform proposals to come out of Congress, proposals generally designed to strengthen the national integrity and sovereignty of the United States. We agree that illegal immigration is an issue of vital importance to the U.S. and feel that the best way to fix the problem, among the proposals being debated in Congress, is the two- pronged approach of domestic improvements and border strengthening offered by the McCain-Kennedy...
...Even as Humala claims he wants to "strengthen our relationship with the United States," he has also made it clear that he has some major differences with Washington. Most notably, Humala wants changes in the way the two nations deal with the issues of coca and cocaine. Peru is the world's second largest producer of coca, and the U.S. government has pumped $629 million into Peru since 2000 to reduce coca production, though with little success. Humala has stated that he will end U.S.-based programs to eradicate coca, supporting instead an approach that would "industrialize" it. "We need...