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...said, "have been the mill-stone about the neck of the Government, and their so-called loyalty" prevented the Union from using all its resources. He knew that 4 million slaves, plus another half million free blacks, amounted to about 20% of the North's population and represented a potent source of power...
...Ferdinand Marcos came in the form of jokes and quips. That gentle method of opposition gave way to something bolder on Feb. 22, 1986, when Sin told Manila's residents to go out into the streets to protect military men who had split from Marcos; this turned into the potent force now known as People Power. Following Marcos' ouster, Sin was hailed as a hero-and he enjoyed more power than ever before, inevitably controversial in a country with a 300-year history of Spanish friars who ruled towns and villages. His moral authority prevented Philippine governments from promoting family...
...Crimson ultimately edged out potent upstart Brown for the Red Rolfe Division title, and then swept Cornell—which felled usual power Princeton in the Lou Gehrig Division—in a dominant Ivy Championship Series...
Nichols, as vice-chair of the Finance Committee (FiCom), signed on to run for vice president at the last minute with UC-outsider Tracy “Ty” Moore ’06. In their campaign, Moore and Nichols billed themselves as a potent combination of an outsider in touch with student needs and an insider with the experience to make them reality...
Harvard had shut down the potent Eagles offense too easily...