Word: strengthened
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Entering the third period with the score tied 2-2, the Crimson offense rallied. Quick goals by Dan Burnes and Peter Haley gave Harvard a 4-2 edge. After a Brown score had narrowed the lead to 4-3, the visitors pulled their goalie to strengthen their offense with four minutes left. Tom Mechem slapped the puck into the unguarded cage at 11:45 for Harvard's final goal...
...being lured to the frontiers and thus give an undue advantage to the Communists, who enjoy the sanctuary of national borders, Westmoreland is convinced that it is a worthwhile handicap. When the enemy forces do succeed in entering South Viet Nam, he points out, they disrupt the local population, strengthen guerrilla activities, and become harder than ever to root out. It is far better, in his view, to fight the main-force units in the comparative emptiness of the frontier areas, where civilians are not endangered and the full might of U.S. firepower can be employed. Besides, if Cambodia does...
...Congressional reorganization, designed to streamline procedure, reform the committee system and strengthen controls on lobbying, was approved in the Senate but not the House...
Nothing is wrong with segregating youth as a distinct stage of life, provided that the right purpose is served, namely to strengthen children for highly complex roles. On the whole, this is just what happens to the vast majority of American youngsters. Even so, the failure rate is big enough to ask why some of the most privileged children are so unready for adult life. One reason is the lack of self-shaping experience; part of the hippie syndrome is a quest for adventure and competence. They did not have the benefit of those cattle-boat jobs that might have...
Caves added that the devaluation would strengthen the case for a domestic tax increase. "But American politics are intrinsically unpredictable," he said...