Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West Germany, the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine favored the election of General Eisenhower as an essential to continued U.S. efforts to strengthen European defenses. The election of Senator Taft, it said, would paralyze European initiative...
...strengthen the Free University of Berlin...
While awaiting the river's assault, the more populous Omaha-Council Bluffs area worked feverishly to strengthen flood walls, assisted by thousands of Army troops, National Guardsmen and Army Engineers. A two-foot "flashboard" was being added to the 31½-ft. levee and flood wall at Omaha. But its value was as much psychological as physical. Few expected the levee to withstand the pressure of a predicted 31½-ft. flood crest. After inspecting the inadequate dikes and flood walls, Brigadier General Don G. Shingler, Missouri River Division Engineer, remarked gloomily: "The Missouri is coming with...
...frustration, there is an increase in the number of those who, facing or fearing ill health, are in urgent need of sympathetic and understanding medical advice." Are they likely to get it? "Unfortunately, many of the changes that are taking place in ... medical practice tend to weaken rather than strengthen the traditional tie between the doctor and his patient...
...compensate for this, the House Forum Committee has planned a series of talks by faculty affiliates. These intra-House gatherings are designed to strengthen the teacher-student bond. The house population is very well balanced between high school and private school graduates...