Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unraveling Iranian fiasco is the latest in a string of controversies that have called into question the Administration's credibility and competence in foreign affairs. They threaten to dissipate six years of aggressive effort by Reagan to strengthen America's standing in the world. Among the other setbacks to credibility: the disingenuous explanations of the shady connections between the White House and the private network run by former CIA personnel supplying aid to the contras fighting in Nicaragua, the campaign of "disinformation" against Libya proposed by the National Security Council, and Reagan's befuddled and dubious accounts of what...
...debate which pits the demands of U.S.English against the supporters of bilingual education is, in fact, a manufactured one. The best reason to support, strengthen, and even expand bilingual education programs is that they promote competence in English of the children in the programs, thereby ensuring those children the opportunity to achieve at a higher level in school...
...trying to strengthen the sense of a women's community here at Harvard. It's a hard place to be a female," said Barish. "We want to legitimate women's perspectives and feminism which have suffered from bad publicity," said the Adams House junior...
Shannon wants to strengthen the attorney general's role in consumer protection. "He wants a more addressive approach to environmental pollutors, by criminally prosecuting them whenever possible, said Collins...
Robinson, 60, of Melrose said he believes the most important tasks of the auditor are to help implement the tax cap approved last week by the Legislature, oversee the vendors and contractors who sell their goods and services to the state, and strengthen the Division of Local Mandates...