Word: bolster
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Administration is in a delicate position as it tries to bolster Gorbachev's standing at the very moment when the Soviet President seems to be retreating from democratic reform. "I want perestroika to succeed," Bush declared flatly. But Shevardnadze acknowledged a "certain instability" in Soviet society, igniting fears that a bad winter could prompt a retreat to more authoritarian tactics. Gorbachev recently appointed hard-liner Boris Pugo as Interior Minister and enlisted the KGB to crack down on black marketeers, whom some in the West view as the Soviet Union's fledgling entrepreneurs...
...controversial issue at Rice has been the steady increase in tuition in recent years. Rupp has used the new money to develop graduate programs and bolster research efforts...
...wrong to help bolster the Khmer Rouge? Of course. Was the U.S. wrong not to recognize the Vietnamese-installed Cambodian government? No. We cannot overlook the fact that a historically hostile Vietnam took over Cambodia...
...Brian D. Reich: This fellowship provides a year of unrestricted travel and an enormous cash prize to a student who writes long, self-promoting articles during his senior year in a blatant attempt to bolster his resume by getting on his college's newspaper. Actually, no such fellowship currently exists, but I'm hoping some rich, philanthropic alum will read this article and set up something like it before I graduate...
...market plunge has forced many institutional investors in Japan to dump foreign holdings to bolster their dwindling supplies of cash. While Japanese industrial giants still crave strategic mergers with glamorous U.S. firms, as in the case of Matsushita Electric's expected bid for Hollywood's MCA, they are less apt to invest in American real estate. Several Japanese investment firms that bought U.S. buildings during the 1980s are now quietly putting the edifices back on the market...