The African Union is trying to cobble together a peacekeeping force to take the place of Ethiopian troops and lend much-needed muscle to the transitional government.

Volunteers from the Mennonite Church are lending muscle to construction and repairs.

Particularly poignant was "Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts," which is - no joke - exactly what bassist Alex Levine was wearing as he lent low-end muscle to Fallon's husky crooning.

She handed me tools, made notes on our progress, shopped for food and prepared it, lent muscle when mine alone wasn't enough, and applauded, encouraged, and even admired my work.

The money from all those bottle deposits would lend significant muscle to one of Scenic Hudson's singular missions - the preservation of farmland, now disappearing in the valley at the rate of seven acres a day.

He started to slide back, but Bolan was behind him, lending muscle to shove Sestic over and beyond the barrier.

In the second proposal, Dr. Rosenberg plans to insert into the tumor-infiltrating cells a gene for an enzyme known as tumor necrosis factor, which could lend the cells extra tumor-fighting muscle.

It should be a fair, sensible and practical code, be well publicised - and to help shame misusers and lend muscle to the squashed, intimidated, or left out in the rain, and be posted in each bothy.

Restrictions on the freedom of assembly were gradually being relaxed, and the massive growth and increasing boldness of the press was lending ever greater muscle to public opinion.

And they're galvanized by Ms. Weiss, who is simply one of the best drummers in rock: rumbling toward controlled explosions, lending tom-tom muscle to the beat, adding her own layer of cross-rhythm.