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' The debates that Deborah Cameron illustrates are fundamental to everyone's use of language whether they be female or male--how it is used, how it is perceived and received by speakers and readers of both sexes, how it can on the one hand bolster and on the other break down attitudes and prejudices, and how it can create new awarenesses.
The federal Agency recently awarded $2 million in grants to improve elder-law services, with the largest part being used to bolster 12 hotlines around the country, some of which are adding Web-based questionnaires and outreach projects in rural areas and for older people who don't speak English.
SPRINGFIELD -- Registration fees for Illinois lawyers could jump as much as $49 a year if lawmakers adopt two separate measures to bolster pro-bono services and support for lawyers with drug and alcohol problems.
Drawing on ideas from government officials, Clarke's working group developed a menu of proposals to bolster border security.
The WP reports that House GOP leaders, anxious to bolster their case for a large tax cut this year, are pressuring Congress' budget forecasting arm, the CBO, to produce rosier estimates of future surpluses.