• The Bush Administration realized that creating national standards was critical to shoring up the whole system.

    FORBES: We Don't Need a National ID Card

  • They are continuing to pump out water, excavating the blockages and shoring up the tunnels.

    BBC: Welsh mine rescue: Third Gleision miner found dead

  • The only variable shoring up the euro is their money market rates still stand higher than ours.

    FORBES: The Sputtering Gold Comet

  • But his first focus will be on shoring up the firm's finances, not on its pipeline of medicines.

    FORBES: Elan's Cleanup Guy

  • Honest diplomacy would focus not on ratifying an ineffective new ban but on shoring up the 1925 Geneva Protocol.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Toxic treaty: how not to ban chemical weapons

  • President Obama, to his credit, is trying to convince the Chinese to do their share in shoring up the world's economy.

    FORBES: New Asia

  • Stable house prices would do wonders in reducing loan delinquencies, shoring up the banks' balance-sheets and restoring the flow of credit.

    ECONOMIST: Signs of economic cheer

  • But what, apart from shoring up the position of Mr Mesa, does the voters' answer to the five artful questions mean?

    ECONOMIST: Bolivia's energy referendum

  • Far from shoring up the NPT regime, moreover, creating a new comprehensive test ban arms control agenda might well serve to undermine it.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Testing, Testing: Is The Clinton Administration Determined To Gut The US Nuclear Deterrent?

  • Although such methods may have had a short-term impact in shoring up the stockmarket, they have put many foreign fund-managers off for good.

    ECONOMIST: Malaysia

  • Scores of small FM transmitters used to propagate extremist ideas and to terrorise local foes have played a part in shoring up the Taliban's power.

    ECONOMIST: Silencing murderous messages is not as easy as it sounds

  • Indeed, Obama's open hostility towards Netanyahu has probably been a significant factor in shoring up the public's approval of his performance in office.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Biden's lost cause

  • And the bill for shoring up the banks is supposed to be paid by the Spanish government, which may not be able to afford it.

    ECONOMIST: The euro

  • Shoring up the banking and financial system must take first priority.

    WSJ: How Obama Can Fix the Economy

  • One is that, with the cold war over, shoring up the multilateral trading system is no longer seen as a top priority for American foreign policy.

    ECONOMIST: The battle in Seattle

  • The government has plenty of money tagged to the Bush administration's classified Presidential Directive 54, the plan for shoring up the cyber defenses of the U.S. government.

    FORBES: Bush's Cyber Secrets Dilemma

  • In the President's job bill, apart from shoring up the social safety net, is there anything he'd like to see done, particularly targeted at helping the black community?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • But shortly after he came to power, Mr Cameron told Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, that Britain would stand aloof from deeper integration aimed at shoring up the euro.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • The experts counseled against one project, shoring up the banks of a controversial shipping channel that cuts through the wetlands east of New Orleans, a channel that may be abandoned.

    NPR: Restoration of Gulf Coast Wetlands Poses Challenge

  • Given the baleful political and economic consequences of this inflation, aren't you astonished that the Administration and the Fed haven't taken an active role in shoring up the enfeebled greenback?

    FORBES: We've Seen This Movie Before

  • Brazil hopes its plan, announced on Wednesday, to allow government-controlled Banco do Brasil and Caixa Economica Federal to purchase shares in private financial institutions will eventually succeed in shoring up the market.

    BBC: Turmoil in Latin American markets

  • The European Union's flagship program to fight global warming suffered a major blow Tuesday when lawmakers rejected a proposal aimed at shoring up the region's carbon-emissions trading system, putting its survival in doubt.

    WSJ: Vote Leaves EU Emissions Trading in Tatters

  • Even more amazing is the fact that none of them seem to appreciate that they have a vested interest in shoring up the Constitution, not allowing it to be eviscerated, piece by piece.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Channeling Scoop Jackson

  • Now that the euro is ablaze, some Tory Eurosceptics want to park in front of the fire station, blocking treaty changes aimed at shoring up the currency unless the EU returns swathes of powers to British control.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • But while Immelt has taken major steps toward shoring up the company's balance sheet, including slashing its reliance on short-term commercial paper and reducing risky real estate loans, GE is still vulnerable to rising interest rates and unwelcome scrutiny from regulators.

    FORBES: Industrials

  • Xi has had more exposure to the U.S. than previous Chinese leaders, having traveled there a half-dozen times and sent his daughter to Harvard, and the two sides now discuss issues ranging from humanitarian relief to shoring up the fragile global economic recovery.

    NPR: Lew Visit Marks US-China Re-Engagement

  • Mr Barroso will make the argument that the tax is emphatically justified, in spite of the hit to GDP, because of the enormous taxpayer contribution to shoring up the banking system, which has to date amounted to more than a trillion euros in guarantees.

    FORBES: The Financial Transactions Tax: Barroso Says, Yes, It's a Bad Idea But We'll Still Do it!

  • Thus the new pope would make a major contribution to shoring up the cultural foundations of the democratic project if he would press the case for the inalienable right to life while expanding the Church's already-extensive services for women in crisis pregnancies and those in need of compassionate, dignified end-of-life care.

    WSJ: What to Look for in a New Pope

  • President Obama released a long-awaited cybersecurity executive order Tuesday night along with his fifth State of the Union address, outlining new policies aimed at stemming the tide of cyberespionage attacks on American companies and government agencies, as well as shoring up the defenses for American critical infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattacks.

    FORBES: President Obama's Cybersecurity Executive Order Scores Much Better Than CISPA On Privacy

  • The Bush-Cheney Administration now has not only the opportunity, but the obligation, promptly to implement the hundreds of recommendations that have been made by the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB), intelligence community and congressional panels and other official reviews in recent years aimed at shoring up the Nation's defenses against espionage, technology theft, blackmailing and suborning of U.S. officials, etc.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

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