The tragedy in Arizona has reinvigorated demands for beefed-up gun control laws. ❋ Lila Shapiro (2011)
Though Mr. Asmussen didn't get the economics portfolio, he scored a beefed-up post as head of the ECB's international division, giving him a central role in crisis talks. ❋ Brian Blackstone (2012)
And they have a plan for a beefed-up Medicare payments commission that, in theory, should allow reimbursement rates to be made in a more technically sound manner. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The Treasury has agreed to bolster the defence budget, with £1.5bn earmarked to help pay for beefed-up reserves and more funding for military equipment. ❋ Unknown (2011)
She brings to mind, of all things, a girly Dashboard Confessional, another artist enamored of ardent, beefed-up acoustic roman à clefs. ❋ Allison Stewart (2010)
In the past, FAA officials also have publicly pledged to require beefed-up training for pilots. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2010)
Not the jacked-up pressure and klieg-light attention; not the stressful, beefed-up golf courses; not even the ever-expanding pool of talented depth that reaches around the world. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The beefed-up metrics are similar to the Bush-era quarterly evaluations for Iraq and Afghanistan currently used by the Pentagon to report security progress to Congress. ❋ Unknown (2009)
UniCredit has topped many analyst and investor lists of the banks in greatest need of a beefed-up capital buffer. ❋ David Enrich (2011)
The border deal envisions a beefed-up entry-exit verification system and an integrated cargo-security scheme, in which goods would be inspected at the first point of arrival in North America and precleared for travel across the border. ❋ Paul Vieira (2011)
Union leaders have said they also want improved benefits and beefed-up job-safety rules. ❋ Tom Murphy (2011)
Providing space and freedom for the prince and his friends would cost British taxpayers in excess of $2.5 million—most of that spent on installing bulletproof windows, panic rooms, new security cameras and surveillance devices, and of course a beefed-up force of armed guards stationed in a separate building right next door. ❋ Christopher Andersen (2011)
This campaign of recurring air strikes and demonstrations continued for more than a decade.31 To support this open-ended quasi-war, beefed-up U.S. military contingents remained in the region, operating out of a network of bases in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, and elsewhere. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)
James Dudley says his beefed-up team of more than 200 officers—complemented by an undisclosed number of new private security officers—will strictly enforce a ban on floats, drinking and unregistered participants by using fences along the racecourse and checkpoints. ❋ Geoffrey A. Fowler (2011)
The NDP champions higher corporate taxes, beefed-up pension benefits and increased health-care spending. ❋ Paul Vieira (2011)
By dumping the Bush plan he lowers the Russian's angst, and continues to back a strong European defense posture using existing systems that are beefed-up. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The carrier planned a public relations campaign highlighting more spacious seats, improved reading lights and beefed-up entertainment systems with upgraded screens and expanded video options. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)
Mr. Passera will head a beefed-up industry ministry that includes infrastructure and transportation—portfolios that are usually held by distinct ministries. ❋ Stacy Meichtry (2011)
