Word: strengthen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Seeking to strengthen free institutions in addition to promoting peace, the Foundation in 1952 set up the Fund for the Republic, with an initial grant of $1,000,000. Under Paul Hoffman, the Fund's first president, later under Clifford P. Case, and now Robert M. Mutchins, the Fund for the Republic has undertaken research into the "extent and nature of the internal Communist menace and its effect on our community and institutions." Last year, the Fund sponsored a survey by Samuel P. Stouffer, professor of Sociology here, on the attitudes of the American people toward political and religious...
...Affiliation with Forsyth will greatly strengthen the school's teaching and research program," Greep said. "The experience to be gained from contact with more than 6000 patients each year at Forsyth will provide students with a broader understanding of human biology and will add breath and depth to the school's curriculum...
Symbol of Confidence. Acting unilaterally and with a certain haste (to strengthen Chancellor Adenauer's position), the U.S. sent High Commissioner James B. Conant to deposit the instrument of U.S. ratification of the West European treaties in Bonn, ahead of the British and French, instead of together as originally planned. Conant signed the protocols with Adenauer, while a crowd of U.S. and German dignitaries and newsmen looked on. Said Der Alte: "I value this as a symbol of confidence and friendship. It obligates us to carry on and deepen our mutual work...
...desired by the Asians and supported by the President--is needed in part because of communist expansion. Free Asia looks longingly at Soviet assistance it Communist China. India, for example, has had to accept substantial Soviet aid for a steel plant. Other Asian nations, too, will be certain to strengthen their economic ties to China and the Soviet Union without increased...
...further stated that Yale seeks to support and strengthen its liberal education, to balance the arts and sciences, and "to seek the best of both college and university" so that the vitalizing spirit of the college may be refined by the more sophisticated students...