Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Howard's main thrust was to strengthen the international reach of the organization and the program, especially to Third World and developing countries," says Kovach. "And in the process of doing that, the natural evolution was the need to offer Harvard and the program as a refuge for journalists who got in trouble for speaking...
...some ways, the administration has itself to blame for the logistal problems of the next few weeks, as its attempts to strengthen the requirement in the face of criticism from both outside and inside the University have resulted primarily in catching students unaware...
...minute interview with TIME last week, Doi set out her agenda for the coming months. She called on the L.D.P. to dissolve the lower house and hold new elections. She planned to act on demands by voters to strengthen the lax laws on political ethics and campaign contributions that allowed the Liberal Democrats to peddle influence with near impunity. As for relations with its chief ally, she said Japan has given in to U.S. demands too often. Washington, she said, "can't just bring requests to Japan in order to resolve its own deficits. We should agree to disagree...
...salacious gossip about the candidate. It was a brash act that both got the adultery rumor into print and choked off its circulation. Occasionally Atwater used him as an emissary to the candidate when the mission was delicate. It fell to Junior to present the idea that Bush would strengthen his image by "swinging the ax" on Don Regan at a time when the White House chief of staff was about to topple. The Vice President said...
Bhutto proposed an association of democratic nations to oversee elections in countries where there is any question about the vote's fairness, to provide monetary aid to fledgling democracies and to strengthen the international system for guaranteeing civil rights...