encouraged

• “The president begins the second half of his term encouraged by U.S. stock market gains, but still frustrated by high unemployment which still hovers around 9.8 percent.”

  Voice of America: Obama Faces Political Challenges Back in Washington

• “Self Portrait engendered, some wanted to think that this was a "new beginning" in the sense of being a return to form, and the title encouraged them to think that.”

  RightWingBob.com

• “Spokesman Ziyad Abu-Ein encouraged reporters and international organizations to contact the 181 victims or their survivors to verify the stories.”

  Fatah Publishes List of Hamas Attacks

• “Specifically, girls need to be encouraged from a young age to draw and play with building tools.”

  The Huffington Post: Marcia G. Yerman: Mae Jemison: Insights from a Barrier-Breaking Astronaut

• “Trimpin encouraged perpetual brainstorming; the group needed written music.”

  The Huffington Post: George Heymont: There's Art Right At Your Fingertips!

• “However, I remain encouraged as long as the number stays in the negatives.”

  The March Rasmussen Trust Numbers. | RedState

• “McCain encouraged Georgia to go to war with Russia in order to benefit his election campaign.”

  Obama Steps Up His Criticism of McCain - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

• “She always encouraged women to break for her, and that's allright, but sexism goes both ways - to be angry that she was covered a certain way by the media that she encouraged, is hypocritical.”

  Clinton chastises press for ignoring sexism

• “The fact that this attitude is being encouraged from the company itself does seem to warrant a thoughtful blog post.”

  Smug Ugly - Anil Dash

• “In the early 1990s, Bill Gavin encouraged me to become”

  Finn E. Kydland - Autobiography

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