Word: forcefullness
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PW is moved by "Walk Through Darkness" by David Anthony Durham (Doubleday: May), giving it a starred review. "Powerfully written and emotionally devastating, this new novel by Durham ('Gabriel's Story') tells the parallel tales of two men in antebellum America: William, a young fugitive slave, and Morrison, a white...
That is the ultimatum. It must be given in terms as unambiguous and forceful as those above, and the United States must be deadly serious about enforcing it. Nothing less will save Israel, and nothing less will protect America.
It would be an understatement, then, to say the Secretary of State has very little to work with. But his calm, forceful demeanor, plain-spoken realism and determination to intervene against the odds suggests that his pessimism of the intellect is combined with a boundless optimism of the will.
Still, the stakes are high enough this time to think that a cease-fire could happen. Wednesday's gruesome terror attack that killed 21 people and wounded more than 100 at a seder in Netanya brought swift condemnation from the U.S. and left Palestinians bracing for a forceful Israeli response...
In the fourth game the Crimson quickly grabbed the lead, but was once again tied up at 14-14 and again at 21-21. Kowell buried a forceful kill to push Harvard ahead by one, but the Brewers struck back and used an ace and key block to pull away...