Word: overwhelming
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...said he identified with the audience at the honorary degree ceremony since he could recognize “facial types,” and was “quite overwhelm[ed]” by the symbolism of the similarity in facial features between Africans and African Americans...
...President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that if the U.S. goes ahead and builds the system without agreement from Russia, his response will simply be to add to the number of nuclear warheads atop each missile in order to ensure Russia's ability to overwhelm a missile shield...
...meant (and no, I didn’t get this off a fortune cookie): Follow your own path, no matter what people say. Sure, it’s a cliché, but for good reason. If you’re complacent, if you let your inner critic overwhelm you, then Harvard can pummel you into submission, into bidding for conformity. But who comes into college saying “I want to be a gov jock!” or “I want to be a Pearl Girl!”? If you can take your lumps...
...other big question about the Administration's approach is whether it might unintentionally foster the threats it seeks to head off. Russia may be persuaded it can live with missile defense; its weapons could still overwhelm any such system. But pressing forward without addressing China's concerns might stoke a serious Sino-American rivalry - a less attractive prospect than a bigger confrontation between the U.S. and North Korea...
...could be nearly completely countered. Russia’s arsenal is far too vast to be defended against, but China—which would fear an American first strike without the ability to retaliate—would have a strong incentive to build up its arsenal in order to overwhelm the defenses. A renewed arms buildup could be severely destabilizing, and leaving China out of this process only courts further tension...