Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...December, emboldening it to face down a president whose autocratic constitutional power includes the right to summarily dissolve parliament and call new elections. "For the Communists, it's convenient to have a confrontation with Yeltsin in which he dissolves the Duma," says Zarakhovich. "It will make them heroes and strengthen their chances of being reelected...
...Burns says his team was able to advise its client which brand it must strengthen in order to cut off its competitor's money flow at the source...
...group of about 25 students met for over three hours last night to review the report, which summarizes the administration's recent progress, and details plans to strengthen advising, faculty searches, and admissions efforts to diversify the student body...
...going to redo the layout of demands and strengthen language," Fang said...
...embassy strike certainly adds to the geopolitical cost of the Kosovo campaign. NATO's decision to bomb Yugoslavia brought Washington's relations with Moscow to a ten-year low, and the latest tragedy may strengthen the hand of anti-Western elements within the Chinese leadership. NATO now faces the increasingly complicated challenge of maintaining its hard-won accord with Russia over the peace process at the same time as maintaining pressure on Belgrade. "NATO won't easily suspend the bombing because it knows it may be politically unable to restart it," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "The alliance...