Word: strengthening
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Students believe that the card readers will strengthen security at the affected buildings...
...Radcliffe and to promote greater unity between the undergraduate and graduate levels. Those in favor of the restructuring have argued that the elimination of the undergraduate dean's office will actually allow more money to be devoted to programs rather than salaries. No doubt the increased funding will strengthen the three opportunities which Radcliffe loves to brag about most: mentorships, externships and research partnerships...
...Balkans that the first important agreement to come out of the negotiations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio was between the two parties who are already supposed to be allies. Last Friday Secretary of State Warren Christopher presided over the signing of a pact to strengthen the Bosnian-Croat Federation that will govern slightly more than half of Bosnia and Herzegovina when an overall peace is achieved. The Bosnian Muslims and Croats spent most of 1993 and the early part of 1994 killing each other, but in March 1994, Washington brokered an alliance between them. The agreement last...
Creating what Secretary of State Warren Christopher called "an essential building block to peace," Croats and Muslims signed an agreement at talks in Dayton, Ohio, to strengthen their political and economic federation, which would control one part of Bosnia; the remaining territory would be Serb-run. But lest the meetings become too productive, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman renewed his threat to retake a strip of Serb-held territory in eastern Croatia if negotiations do not provide its return by Nov. 30. Christopher warned Croatian leaders not to use force...
...Germany after refusing to wear the U.N.'s blue helmet and armband. He has said that it is illegal to wear a U.N. uniform or serve under U.N. authority because he swore to uphold only the U.S. Constitution and government. If the Army court agrees, New's case could strengthen the cause of Congressmen who oppose putting U.S. troops under U.N. command. But because the fundamental issue is one of obeying orders, Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson says the Army is unlikely to side with New. "The Army can't agree with his reasoning. The first rule of the Army...