Word: prowess
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whose show has been on the air for more than 15 years and is seen in some 255 countries worldwide, entertained the audience with his chopping prowess and special brand of humor...
...York Dolls' 1972 version of Human Being, for instance, seems washed out compared with Guns N' Roses' fierce, tightly controlled update. Rose -- whose voice sounds like an angry air horn -- is one of the most distinctive singers in rock, and his prowess is on display throughout the album. He and guest singer Michael Monroe (formerly of the band Hanoi Rocks) take the Dead Boys' 1978 tribute to nihilism, Ain't It Fun, and reinvent it as a duet, infusing the song with new energy through the interplay of their voices. "I punch my fist right through the glass," they sing...
...family continued to advertise its real identity in many ways. By the time my father drank toasts at his grandsons' bar-mitzvah parties, the imperative for disguise was gone. Pamela Nadell, professor of Jewish studies at American University, traces the shift to the mid-1960s, when Israel's military prowess evoked group pride and the black-is-beautiful movement struck a chord among Jews, though few Jews went as far as some blacks who adopted African names. A son of the author Irving Wallace made a statement by reverting to David Wallechinsky in his own writing. But that statement...
Does that mean your account is now safe? Not really. Die-hard "hackers" are eager to prove their technical prowess and they will try to access your account the hard way: by guessing your password...
HEADQUARTERED IN A SPRAWLING, 1950s-era complex just outside Beijing, the Shougang steel company is a symbol of China's economic prowess -- and its problems. Earlier this year, when credit was easy and the economy was steaming ahead at a 17% annual clip, the state-owned conglomerate and its 270,000 employees could hardly keep pace with consumer demand. Profits soared. Then came the credit crunch orchestrated by economic czar Zhu Rongji, and Shougang felt the sting at once. Customers slashed their orders, and soon Shougang could not pay its bills. The company last month was forced to take...