Word: mustering
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...Nawab says he is taking the woman's violation personally, and he can muster 4,000 armed men to back him up. Other leaders from the Mengal and Marri tribes have vowed to join him in his campaign for justice...
...that King etches so expertly the fine filigree of the man's resignation and pain, his awareness of the "burden of my dullness"--which the reader understands is just the world's inability to find its way into his steady, lustrous stream of consciousness. At one point, trying to muster sympathy for Sylvia's addiction, he recollects his own druggy days. "For a moment, I recall those spectacular arcs of time when I was the solitary pinprick of sensation in the whole wide world, the one heroic lawbreaker in our dutiful universe...
...longer we go with this, no question about it," he said. He pledged to do his best to meet the demand of commanders in Iraq for fresh bodies, but added, "I can't promise more than I've got ... If the Army National Guard or Army Reserve cannot muster and provide the formations that are required, perhaps we need to increase the size of the regular Army...
...remaining 15 minutes of the first period, the Raiders outshot Harvard 12-0. The Crimson was whistled for five penalties during that time. Moreover, on two man-advantages, Harvard could barely push the puck past its own blueline, much less muster any sort of attack...
Republicans, who now have 55 seats, to muster than the 60 required to cut off a filibuster. The filibuster is a cherished Senate tradition, however, and if Frist gets his exemption for judges, Democrats vow to bring the place to a halt with their own moves, such as forcing endless debate and roll-call votes on mundane procedural matters usually approved by unanimous consent...