public morale

The real reason, we believe, was to maintain public morale and support for the war.

With it, the Communist party wanted to boost public morale.

These measures made little difference to the rate of coal consumption but served to reduce public morale.

He reported to the President that public morale there was low and the country was unprepared for war.

Thus began a campaign to boost public morale.

Two other factors behind the raids were restoring public morale and training newly formed army units.

During the war, Roberts also sang in concerts and on the radio in aid of public morale.

Military targets of significance were not greatly damaged and public morale did not crack.

In the event, Brock did much to rally public morale by his victory at Detroit.

She also toured munitions factories to help boost public morale, but received no official recognition for her work.

Public morale collapsed and fear was reinstated.

And, frankly, Your Majesty, it would bolster public morale.

He helped boost public morale during the war by extensive concert tours around the country conducting for nominal fees.

The Four Minute Men contributed to public morale, and focused attention on the principles at stake in the war.

Finally, analysts said, Baghdad may be trying to undermine public morale in Iran, which is approaching parliamentary elections.

Johnson declined to act, stating that an escalation during the Christmas period would be inappropriate, as it would damage public morale.

Necessary for public morale.

For it neatly encapsulates the state of public morale in Britain less than a year into the fourth consecutive Conservative term.

Washington wanted to publicize certain encouraging information that he judged would give "a certain spring to our affairs" and bolster public morale.

Meanwhile, sectarian tensions have risen, militias have entrenched their power, and public morale has plummeted.

Nonconformity was not tolerated, corruption was at its highest, while public morale at the lowest.

There is no telling how high public morale could soar if, say, David Wells, the Yankees pitcher, would keep his mouth closed just once.

In democracies, maintaining public morale in wartime depends in part on the public's continuing to believe that the cause is just and the methods moral.

The Russians named the outfit American Squadron and ran stories on television and in newspapers to improve public morale.

Jessl was occupied with some radical planetary defense system and appeared only once at the formal dinners that Stannall insisted be continued for public morale.