Word: augments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more alarming was the attempted mobilization of three so-called round- out brigades, each of which had been scheduled to augment a regular Army division. Although the Pentagon had given all the units a C-2 rating, its second highest standard of battle readiness, the three brigades -- totaling 15,000, one-fourth of the Army Guard members summoned to active duty -- were declared unfit for combat by regular Army commanders and could not be sent to the gulf...
...augment research activity at the college, officials plan to increase the number of grants available for visiting scholars at the Bunting Institute, the Murray Research Center and the Schlesinger Library...
...necessary to protect and augment what has been accomplished in Soviet- U.S. relations. We live in dramatic times. Events can take sharp and unexpected turns. That makes it all the more dangerous to have in our minds the stereotypes of the cold war. Yet those stereotypes are still alive. Let me put it this way: the strength of our relationship is being tested, and it will be tested again in the future. We should keep that in mind...
...aliens to obtain legal status. During that time, the number of aliens captured annually fell by half, from a peak of 1.8 million in 1986. Although supporters applaud this as proof that would-be illegals are staying home, a more plausible explanation is that the legalization program helped to augment -- not reduce -- the illicit flow. Even more telling, the influx is rising once again. Since December, the INS' monthly apprehension figures are averaging 50% higher than the year before. "It's getting back to business as usual," warns Arthur Helton, an immigration expert at the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights...
...focus on that and not look at the larger history is wrong," said Aull, "The thing I would do is not oppose it but augment it, make it holistic and involve Israeli citizens...