Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...School Dean Graham T. Allison, in a statement released last week, said that "[Kelman] would strengthen the School's capacity in the fields of institutional analysis and public management. In addition, his knowledge of Sweden and Germany brings an important comparative dimension to his analysis...
...down on confusing lines of command, the commission would strengthen the role of the ten theater commanders who actually control the troops in the field by making them report to the Secretary of Defense through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The theater commands are now unified in name only. For example, the Commander-in-Chief Pacific (CINCPAC), who happens to be a Navy admiral, lacks the authority to choose his Air Force subordinate, who in practice is far more beholden to the Chief of the Air Force...
Dean of the Graduate School of Design Gerald M. McCue said Mitchell's appointment was the product of a search begun last spring for a scholar who would strengthen the use of computer design and graphics in the architecture department...
Real estate developer Anton J. Finelli, ofStuart Ward Associates, agrees with Le Vaux andsaid that there is an increasing demand fordeveloping property away from the city. Thisgrowth, said Finelli, can strengthen the localeconomy. "It is like a shot in the arm for localsocial culture, that comes from having a larger,more diverse population...
...facing conspiracy charges in the assassination of Opposition Leader Benigno Aquino Jr. (he was later acquitted). Ramos, a West Point graduate who has been in the army for 35 years, has a reputation for honesty, integrity and evenhandedness. But when he proposed sweeping personnel and operational changes to strengthen the demoralized military in the face of a mounting Communist insurgency, he was thwarted by a lack of authority...