Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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WHILE PRESIDENT CARTER'S recent repeal of the Byrd Amendment permitting U.S. importation of Rhodesian chrome--a move that will increase white Rhodesia's economic isolation and strengthen the position of the Zimbabwean freedom fighters--suggests that the administration may be developing a new policy in Africa, the recent gift of almost $4 million in weapons and aid to Zaire inspires a less optimistic interpretation of American goals...
...unions signed a peace treaty that gives the field hands to the U.F.W., and the canners, packers and farm-truck drivers to the Teamsters. The unlikely allies pledged to honor each other's picket lines, support each other's organizing efforts and cooperate in seeking legislation to strengthen the right of farm workers to union representation. "Both of us were fed up with fighting," said an exultant Chavez as he signed the agreement with M.E. Anderson, director of the Western Conference of Teamsters. "Now the battle starts with the real opponents-the growers." Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons flew...
DURING THE DEPRESSION years of the 1930s, the Federal Works Progress Administration began the Federal Theatre Project to afford employment to thousands of jobless actors and actresses. The Federal Theatre featured a variety of programs meant to appeal to a wider spectrum of the public--to strengthen the flagging theatre industry by encouraging more theatre-goers. In addition to the then-standard productions of vaudeville shows, children's theatre and the classics, new experimental forms were explored...
...terrible condition of a painting often stems from the old, rotting canvas behind it. Transferring the paint onto new canvas is such a difficult task that it is only undertaken in extreme cases. Usually a second canvas is waxed onto the original one to strengthen it. The painting is placed on a heat table, where the second canvas is adhered...
...Scott, a well-liked coach whose record had slipped at the end of his 3½-year tenure with the Pistons. Brown's personality clashes with some of the players are compounded by an embarrassment of riches. After obtaining four high-priced players during the off-season to strengthen the lineup, the Pistons have more talent than a 48-minute game can contain. On the twelve-man Detroit roster are eight players accustomed to starting and playing 35 to 40 minutes a game. A ninth man was a part-time starter last year, and still another was the fourth...