1 a long firm cylinder-shaped pillow --
3 a long pillow (= cloth bag filled with material), usually shaped like a tube --
Diets below the caloric goal were bolstered by adding sweeteners (up to 10% dietary energy) and extra base plant foods (grains, vegetables and fruits).
Indeed, in the writings of systems theorists "growth through specialization" sometimes enjoys an axiomatic status, bolstered by a strong organismic analogy and little empirical argument.
Considerations of established conventions and their modifications tend to encourage anti-generic evaluative positions, judgements which are then bolstered by appealing to influential aesthetic systems.
The very nature of this mode of mobilization bolstered the unity of the movement.
The repatriation agenda bolstered these claims in so far as repatriants needed somewhere to settle.
In addition to the difficulties inherent in this type of research, the present study is bolstered by a number of methodological strengths.
The greatly diminished visibility of women workers bolstered a growing ideological commitment to the notion of a cohesive and solidaristic (male) working class.
By invoking the certitudes and simplicities of an idealized past, religion bolsters the individual's capacity to face up to the uncertainties of fast-paced city life.
