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Word: augments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, he wanted to swallow up Russia, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic countries to augment lebensraum: Germany's vital space. But then why did he launch his destructive war against London? Why did he declare war against the U.S.? Solely to please his Japanese ally? Why did he mandate a policy of cruelty in the Soviet territories occupied by his armies, when certain segments of the population there were ready to greet them with flowers? And finally, why did he invest so much energy in his hatred of Jews? Why did the night trains that took them to their death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adolf Hitler | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

...sells to retailers to the number of times the famous swoosh appears on products and in advertising. It will try to act smaller by developing categories such as golf, soccer and women's as separate business units. A gentler new ad campaign with the tag line "I Can" will augment--but not replace--"Just Do It." The company is also betting heavily that a new Alpha line of shoes and apparel, to be introduced late this year, will swing momentum back in its favor. "What we have to do is re-energize ourselves, starting with the product," says Knight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Nike Get Unstuck? | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...throwers in general hope to augment a strong overall showing at the heptagonals by the Crimson...

Author: By Tim M. Martin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Stone's Throw | 2/25/1998 | See Source »

...move to augment the status of female undergraduates at Harvard and Radcliffe, the Undergraduate Council has opened a discussion of the fundamental relationship between the two colleges...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Debates Radcliffe Degrees | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...believes that cloning is the technology that will finally make it possible to apply genetic engineering to humans. First, parents will want to banish inherited diseases like Tay-Sachs. Then they will try to eliminate predispositions to alcoholism and obesity. In the end, says Silver, they will attempt to augment normal traits like intelligence and athletic prowess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Case For Cloning | 2/9/1998 | See Source »

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