Word: strength
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...interpreted as another American retreat. But the U.S. is hardly backing down from a Soviet threat; it is rising to the occasion of settling a dispute with an ally. If it is a sign of weakness to capitulate to an enemy, it may well be an indication of strength to make timely concessions to a friend...
...administrators both discounted the strength of student objections to the Core Curriculum, saying, "It's very easy to sign a petition...
Usually the interviewer is "trying to find out whether the alleged strength is a real strength," he says...
Player is renowned for his Spartan, black tournament wardrobe. He wears black for a specific purpose: "To absorb the strength of the sun." Player also derives inner strength from his faith in God. He once pontificated, "my strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure...
...Prince suffers from the usual handicaps of male leads in traditional ballet--most of the time he was little more than a supportive ornament to his ballerina, sort of a graceful coat-rack. That is no excuse for laziness, however, especially during his own solos. Brown has considerable strength, but instead of the effortlessness of the great dancer he moved with an air of nonchalance, as though it really wasn't worth his while to exert much energy or to smooth out the rough edges in his technique...