Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Women in the Modern Army (Putnam; $14.95), the answer was not entirely accurate. The women's physical standard was slightly different, mainly because men are generally larger and possess greater upper-body strength. Some women with small hands had trouble negotiating the hand-guards of the M-16 rifle, others with short legs could not keep up with the standard 30-in. marching step. The women were required to do fewer push-ups and sit-ups than the men (16 push-ups and 27 sit-ups for the women, 40 of each for the men), and were allowed...
Albeit they possess the might...
...combination of intangibles. I like the violence, I like the challenge, I like the clearly defined goals and striving to attain those goals with ten other people. It's one of the few opportunities you have to see what kind of character you possess...
...becoming increasingly difficult to remain a Red Sox fan during the winter months, the Hot Stove League season that is the purists' lifeblood. By day, the Sox are an enthralling, interesting club, with a capacity few other teams possess to come from behind with a dramatic rally. But by night they are a goblin, tormenting the soul of the fanatic who can only relive last year in sorrow for what has been lost...
That brochure--distributed to all Cambridge residents--argued that the only real protection from nuclear disaster lay in the renunciation of nuclear weapons by all countries that possess them. In the weeks since its publication, letters and telegrams have poured into City Hall from around the nation and around the world, and at least four other American towns have begun consideration of similar pamphlets...