By promoting a firm but softer side through clear and responsible policies at home and abroad, Ms. Rousseff will consolidate her standing.
It is the keystone of our departmental plans to permanently secure the academic foundation of this department and to consolidate HMS' standing as the world's leading institution in scholarly excellence and innovation in global health.
The administration has also stepped up its efforts to bring cohesion to the fractious political opposition represented in part by the coalition, even as Jarba has moved to consolidate his standing with a series of foreign visits.
Some 18 people were hurt in scattered violence; an NDP branch office in a Cairo slum was torched.Preliminary results show the Brotherhood capturing 34 seats, a huge increase that consolidates its standing as the NDP's only serious challenger.
Having consolidated his standing as someone who has earned a few scars in the PC-wars, Biden could speak out against any GOP gambits that explicitly attempt to capitalize on vague feelings of "foreign-ness" regarding Obama -- such as McCain's "an American president for America" tag.
· the world seems to be edging towards protectionism and isolationism as evidenced by the various and major trading blocs such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, the European Union, the Economic Community of West African States, etc. · strengthen and consolidate the long standing historical, social and cultural affinities and links among the peoples of the region.
For now, the small circle of hard-liners who had surrounded the deceased president (most are from his home region, Katanga, and many are relatives) appeared to be fighting to consolidate his son's standing.
While George W. Bush's confrontational Iran policy was a gift to the regime, helping Mr. Ahmadinejad to consolidate his power by standing up to the United States, Barack Obama's non-confrontational policy withdrew this "gift" and created the political space for Iranians to oppose the regime.
I would like to see this work consolidated in a National Institute for Health Care Delivery, standing alongside our National Institutes of Health.
As Xi and his colleagues in the politburo's standing committee have moved to consolidate their power and set their course, it has become clear that his "comprehensive deepening" of reform will be implemented through reinvigorated party control.
The passage of the amendment would crown Erdogan's long-standing efforts to consolidate power in a presidential system — and could strike a mortal blow to Turkey's once-flourishing democracy.
