Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson opened the second half with a 16-point scoring outburst, during which the Redmen were able to score only one free throw. The frantic UMass squad fouled heavily in its efforts to curb the Crimson, but the varsity continued to strengthen its lead. Donohue and Leo LaBlanc came near to blows after both had dived for the ball with four minutes remaining in the game...
Europe was still determined to strengthen NATO and the free world's defenses. But in the past the U.S. has "offered" to defend Europe. The Europeans, who have a quick ear for the unsaid, are well aware that for the U.S.'s own defense, the U.S. now "has to" have Europe's geography if its IRBMs are to cancel out the threat of Russia's ICBMs...
Best guess of Italy's political pundits was that crafty Pietro Nenni, impressed by recent Red gains in local elections, was taking a calculated risk that an alliance with the Communists would strengthen his party's prospects in Italy's forthcoming general election. Whatever his motives, the turnabout planted what Nenni himself once called "a heavy tombstone" on the last lingering hope that Nenni would join the Social Democrats to give Italy a strong anti-Communist left...
...whose trucks carry loudspeakers, altars and confessionals. From all over Italy he hand-picked a corps of 800 preachers belonging to all religious orders. He lined up the cooperation of Milan's officials, businessmen and non-Communist Labor leaders. Aim of the mission is not converts but "to strengthen man's filial ties...
...Lannan's H. M. Byllesby & Co. bought into Minneapolis-Moline two years ago with Henry Reddig and his brother Edward when the company's prospects looked good and its stock was selling at $18 a share (with a book value of $47). But the company failed to strengthen its competitive position, was hard-hit by the slump in farm income, saw its earnings drop from $66 million in 1956 to about $57 million in the fiscal year ending Nov. 1, its stock fall to $10 a share. Tall, Arizona-born Russ Duncan is considered strong on sales, will...