Cheney on "throes"

[Mullins, Bill]

>
> Also, speaking of dictionaries, I can't find this transitive
> use of "stand up" ("standing up a democracy in Iraq") in the
> OED or elsewhere. (MWCD11 only gives one definition for
> transitive "stand up": "to fail to keep an appointment
> with".) But apparently this is common usage in the Bush
> administration, usually with "a (new) government" as the
> object of the verb.
>
> See: <http://www.google.com/search?q=site:whitehouse.gov+standing-up>
>
>

It's pretty common in military speak.  Programs, project offices, etc.
are "stood up" (i.e., established, put to work).

AF Press Release, October 20, 2004, Air Force News Service. "Officials
activate National Security Space Institute"
 by Capt. Johnny Rea http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=15326
"Air Force Space Command officials stood up a space education and
training organization here recently that they said will provide the
foundation to creating a new generation of space professionals. "

"Last 25th ID Unit in Afghanistan Prepares to Redeploy to Hawaii" By
Staff Sgt. Bradley Rhen, USA
Special to American Forces Press Service, May 25, 2005
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2005/20050525_1330.html
"That changed when a decision was made to stand up a new brigade in
Afghanistan, and Division Artillery was tabbed as the headquarters. "

"New Teams to Provide Expanded Human Intelligence Capabilities" By Donna
Miles
American Forces Press Service, Jan. 25, 2005
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2005/n01252005_2005012510.html
"DIA received the funding to stand up, manage and develop the teams. "


non-transitive uses of the same sense:

"Iraqi Army Day Celebrates Service, Honors Sacrifice" American Forces
Press Service, Jan. 10, 2005
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2005/n01102005_2005011003.html
"Two more squadrons will stand up in mid-January."

"Acquisition Cell to Speed Up Responses to Urgent Warfighter Needs"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2004
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2004/n11242004_2004112405.html
" "Yet, all too often, our organizations are reluctant to take advantage
of them," Wolfowitz wrote in his Sept. 3 memo ordering the new
acquisition cell's stand up. "