Word: strainingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There is yet a third strain of the current virus of anti-Semitism, this one even more difficult to diagnose. Its danger lies in its subtlety, its pervasiveness, and its acceptability at all levels of our society...the singling out of Jewish institutions and especially Israel for special scrutiny...
...There are any number of people in Washington who strain credulity to state the rationale to justify their actions. But Sununu was too greedy; he should not have become the frequent flyer he did. If you are going to be ethically insensitive, at least be insensitive in moderation...
...strain of being pulled in so many directions showed as the Crimson (17-6 overall, 10-0 EITA) suffered a first round 5-1 loss to Texas Christian University, the 17th-ranked team in the country...
...editor of both the book and the journal is Owen Harries, whose background tilts him toward the internationalists. An Oxford-educated Welshman who was a professor in Australia and a diplomat in Paris before moving to Washington eight years ago, he admits he is surprised by the "strain of withdrawal" that has emerged among some of his authors...
...1980s, when hundreds of thousands of women began to get hooked on the cheap, smokable form of cocaine known as crack. The youngsters have run up huge bills for medical treatment and other care. Now the oldest are reaching school age, and they are sure to put enormous strain on an educational system that is already overburdened and underachieving...