Word: embolden
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...images of civilian casualties beamed around the world by al-Jazeera cameramen inside the city. This time, however, the political echelon in Washington and Baghdad is unlikely to hit the brakes. It's a go-for-broke strategy, not least because any retreat now would simply empower and embolden the insurgents...
...opponent, former U.S. Representative John Thune, 43, keeps bringing it up as well. Whereas Daschle stresses his ability to get the most for his little state, Thune casts him as the Democrats' No. 1 obstructionist to the Bush agenda. Daschle, Thune says, has held up judicial nominees and "embolden[ed] the enemy" by criticizing the President on the eve of the Iraq war. The challenger's assaults have turned what should have been a cakewalk for Daschle into the political fight of his life. The tight race has both sides engaged in plenty of retail campaigning and may be decided...
...wrong." Lonsdale believes his ideas could have implications for human medicine: if this diet can reverse illness in animals, he says, "we should be finding out what the factors are" and seeing if they can be applied to people. No one expects the A.V.A. expulsion to do anything but embolden him. "He's on a crusade," says Sydney University's Malik, "which will end when he dies...
...Ghraib, the battle for hearts and minds had probably been lost. All this has severely weakened Blair. Some would say it is already too late for him to step away from Bush. But he still believes that the position in Iraq is retrievable, that to break with Bush would embolden the enemies of the West. And he is probably correct that neither his reputation nor his effectiveness would benefit if he issued public demands to an ally that really does listen to his private entreaties - and sometimes acts on them. With the cumulative failures of American strategy, British influence over...
...Cochran edged into confrontational statements rather than simple questions during Garvey’s cross-examination, he met with a sternly-administered rebuke from Crier—an admonition which seemed to embolden Garvey...