Word: strengthening
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...public school system. We cannot afford to relegate 50% of the university's time and resources to remedial work . . . The universities in two years cannot do justice to twelve years of neglect in learning. We are our high schools' keepers. The nation must take preventive measures to reform, strengthen and in some instances rescue our high school system...
WASHINGTON--Senators threatened with a disrupted vacation overwhelmingly adopted President Bush's savings and loan rescue after bowing to a last-minute plea to strengthen a key reform...
Yeltsin will quit his job in Moscow's construction ministry and work to organize a bloc of like-minded members of the Congress of People's Deputies. "They will create pressure and strengthen their voice so it will be heard," he said after his victory. They will also, he hopes, elect him to the Supreme Soviet...
...always in basements, is spread out over the whole campus, is in a poor state of repair, is inaccessible to disabled students and in some cases cannot even be used after midnight. Having offices in a central location, close to meeting space and close to other student groups, would strengthen Harvard/Radcliffe extracurricular life incalculably...
Obviously, the Government will have to strengthen its regulatory standards and put more resources into testing if it hopes to bolster confidence in the wholesomeness of fruits and vegetables. The EPA will also have to review whether most pesticides serve an indispensable purpose. Between 60% and 80% of pesticides are used on produce primarily to enhance eye appeal by keeping fruits unblemished longer. Alar, for example, is sprayed on apples mainly to allow them to ripen slowly. Some consumers have begun to reject the perfect look. "I do not want food that has been overly sprayed, waxed or tampered with...