Word: exertion
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...adult males, living in the most highly industrialized, most technologically advanced nation in the world, a nation that had devastated two other industrial giants in World War II, faced each other in mutual rage and hostility. The white one wanted to sit down, but he was going to exert his authority and force the black one to get up first-so that they would not have to sit side by side. I watched the driver's face in the rearview mirror...
...drivers' failure to exert ample pressure on the University may have resulted, in part, from their difficulty in pinpointing specific criticisms...
...election could only be seen--by those in favor of halting aid to Duarte--as a major setback to their efforts. The authors of the mysterious document, whoever they were, wherever they came from, and whatever their motives--released the dissent paper to shock and no less, to exert one last effort to draw attention to dissension over U.S. policy in El Salvador. In shocking they succeeded, but the document's true intention was lost in the controversy over its authenticity. To the credit of its efficiency and diligence, the government covered up the report, carefully sidestepping the movement...
...woman make, but they can tell a great deal about both. This is particularly true of a U.S. President and his First Lady, whose every costume change is remorselessly recorded by the color camera. In this respect, Ronald and Nancy Reagan seem all but certain to win approbation and exert considerable influence on American style. The Reagans dress in quiet, expensive-and yes, conservative-good taste...
...compromising what the Soviets see as their security interests. Second, they are always looking for-and frequently finding-ways to weaken and distract Moscow's main adversaries, the U.S. and China. And third, once they have decided that the Soviet Union's vital interests are threatened, they exert force massively, without compromise or vacillation...