bolster defense
1bolster — 01. Housing sales have been [bolstered] by low interest rates. 02. The case against the defendant has been [bolstered] by the discovery of important new evidence. 03. The team s chances of winning the tournament have been [bolstered] by the… …
2Judge Charles Bolster — was a judge at the Middlesex Superior Court in East Cambridge, Massachusetts and a long time resident of Bar Harbor, Maine who is best known for his involvement in the case of the Boston Strangler.Judge Bolster was a respected but undistinguished …
3USS Bolster (ARS-38) — was a Diver class rescue and salvage ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels. Bolster was launched 23 December 1944 by Basalt Rock Co., Napa,… …
4Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics — USD (AT L) Flag of an Under Secretary of Defense …
5Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense) — Infobox US Cabinet official name=Harold Brown order=14th title=United States Secretary of Defense term start=January 21, 1977 term end=January 20, 1981 predecessor=Donald Rumsfeld successor=Caspar Weinberger birth date=birth date and… …
6Planetary defense — Planetary defense, is the concept of protecting Earth (or another planet) from extraterrestrial threats such as near Earth objects or alien invasions.Mitigation of near Earth objectsNear Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids, comets and large… …
7Two Knights Defense — ] The Two Knights has been adopted as Black by many aggressive players including Chigorin and Keres, and World Champions Tal and Boris Spassky.The theory of this opening has been explored extensively in correspondence chess by players such as… …
8Washington Freedom — Full name Washington Freedom Nickname(s) Freedom Founded 2001 …
9international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
10Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
