Word: strengthening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...highly confrontational meeting last night, the City Council once again postponed action on a home rule petition designed to strengthen the enforcement of rent control in Cambridge...
...America. With no guidance and little experience with truly independent choices, she bent to what she felt was expected of her--to live as a memorial to her martyred associates. Now, though, she is studying English and hopes to use what she is learning in the U.S. to strengthen the pro-democracy movement in China. She is beginning to look ahead...
...member committee, which met for the first time on Monday, will recommend to the Department of Health and Human Services ways to strengthen the position of NIH director to better meet the scientific challenges of the 1990s, said Patricia Hoban, a senior policy analyst in the department...
...move to strengthen the role of the NIH director comes at a time when the Bush Administration has been criticized for its inability to fill the position. William Danforth, Sullivan's first choice for the post, withdrew his name from consideration after questions from the White House concerning his stance on abortion...
...progressive dissolution of the onetime Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, symbolized by the opening of the Berlin Wall, raises the possibility of a historic turn toward peace and cooperation -- but also the danger of churning instability. So the questions are piling up: What can the West do to strengthen the democratic movements in Poland, Hungary and East Germany? What sort of relationship can be forged between the former Soviet satellites and the capitalist states of Western Europe? How can the pressure for German reunification be kept in constructive channels? Long range, what is the future of NATO in a Europe...