Word: strength
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Japan last fall, she adopted a public role, standing ceremoniously by his side and visiting schools and factories. She also took on a sensitive post in the Communist Party's Military Advisory Commission, reportedly to keep watch on security matters for her husband. But she has no political strength of her own and is not a member of the ruling Politburo...
...eventful week for the assembly--one that showed its potential strength, but also revealed the weaknesses that have plagued it all semester...
Hargadon said the other effect of the controversial decision, which endorsed minority preference in admissions without calling for quotas, is the new strength it has given to "the constituencies who say we don't have enough commitment to minorities...
...setting up this relationship between China, Japan and the U.S., we must further develop the relationship in a deepening way. If we really want to be able to place curbs on the polar bear, the only realistic thing for us is to unite. If we only depend on the strength of the U.S., it is not enough. If we only depend on the strength of Europe, it is not enough. We are an insignificant, poor country, but if we unite, well, it will then carry weight...
...arbitration machinery that has long been a part of U.S. labor laws. Beyond that, top-ranking union leaders now appear to have relatively little control over an ever more aggressive rank and file. Many public workers declined to return to work even after the official one-day demonstration of strength had ended...