Word: potente
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Vietnam was a battle in the cold war -- the wrong battle in the right war, which is why the U.S. lost the one and won the other. America's lingering bitterness over that regional defeat sometimes seems more potent than its satisfaction over the recent global victory. In this campaign there has been more recrimination over Vietnam than self-congratulation over the end of the Soviet empire...
...rightful place in the pop pantheon. Effortlessly inventive and seething with melodic and rhythmic vitality, this collection of raunchy rap riffs, detonating dance rhythms and silky soul ballads is Prince's best album in years, proving that his pioneering amalgam of funk, rock and pop is as fresh and potent as ever...
Radio is the last intimate medium. For harried commuters and lonely homebodies, it is mouth-to-ear resuscitation, a voice crying in their wilderness. In the '30s, radio carried potent political messages, from Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chats to Fiorello La Guardia's reading of the comics during a newspaper strike to Father Charles Coughlin's charismatic hatemongering. Today that voice is still as personal as a conscience or a demon. Especially at midday, when the bass thud of a barroom rock band announces the arrival of Rush H. Limbaugh III, 41. "Ensconced in the Attila the Hun Chair...
...Harvard can't contain the potent Lafayette offensive backfield, it could suffer its worst defeat of the season. With senior back Kendrick Joyce and senior split end Colby Maher both questionable for today's game, the Crimson offense will have an even harder time getting started today than it has in the past...
...independence can percolate everywhere. Yet something has been lost. Think of all those wonderful words which are endlessly suggestive to the repressed ear. Words such as viscous, fluid, ballast, balloon, column, effluence, and dampness hide beautiful messages behind their innocent facades. In a literal environment they are not longer potent. What a loss to the imagination if you can't chuckle over your bun, or prize the profundity of eructation...