Word: strengthing
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...shirts. While MSS knew his carefully chosen words were untrue, he realized their impact on the people of Iraq. The only sources of information to the Iraqis were state-controlled, and conjuring up defeats of the coalition forces would raise the morale of Iraqi troops who would find renewed strength to fight after hearing of the defeats of their enemy. In addition, such propaganda—especially when repeated over and over again—may help to bandwagon others into joining a movement. Once a few groups fall prey to this misinformation and join a cause, their support becomes...
...move is the latest example of an increasing University focus on connections between disciplines, a theme that has led to the development of cross-campus planning committees in science and bioengineering. “Partly what it means to be a school of engineering is to increase our strength in areas where we have not invested before,” Faust said. “For example, bioengineering, an exciting new field that represents the growing connections between engineering and the life sciences which is something that we are broadly interested in.” Venky said that requirements...
...certainly be a pressured-filled climate, especially for freshmen not yet acclimated to it. The faculty’s recognition of this problem is important, and their offering of a time for students to mentally slow down will surely benefit those students who choose to participate. Perhaps the greatest strength of this program is that it provides therapeutic benefits while retaining a dissimilar nature from therapy itself. For better or for worse, the idea of traditional one-on-one counseling or therapy is not welcomed by many Harvard students, and seeking counseling unfortunately holds a stigma among many undergraduates. Students...
...thrown.” An explosive second half more than made up for the low-scoring first, as sophomore Travis Burr followed up Motschwiller’s goal with one of his own just over two minutes later. The Crimson offense came alive for eight goals at even strength. “We didn’t really make a ton of adjustments,” Tillman said. “Offensively, we wanted to be a little more aggressive. Nothing too, too different from what we were doing. We didn’t want to get away from what...
...broke with al-Qaeda in Iraq. U.S. officials say that strategy won't work in Mosul, because standing up bands of irregulars could inflame existing ethnic and sectarian divisions in the city. So many U.S. military officials see provincial elections as a way to sap the insurgency's strength in Mosul. In the 2005 elections, many Sunnis across Iraq simply did not participate, a defiance that left them dejected and marginalized - and susceptible to the embrace of insurgent elements. Petraeus and other American officials in Baghdad think Sunnis will take part in elections this time and rejoin the civic process...