Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Toward the end of the book, Bonner says of the isolation in Gorky: "From there you can't call out, you can't shout loud enough to be heard." The following excerpt shows that, given a voice of sufficient strength and conviction, yes, you can call out, you can indeed be heard...
...have very little time, and I do not have very much strength. I do not want to remember -- I want to forget, because the life we live in Gorky is so different from life in the U.S. and normal life in general. These are not memoirs -- everything is too close and too painful for that. A diary would be good, but in our life it is impossible to write a diary; it is bound to end up in the wrong hands. More than anything else, this is a chronicle...
...under which he had agreed to write his statement -- the four months of separation, the isolation, the force- feeding. But he said he didn't see anything wrong with his statement. He really didn't want to deal with social issues any more because he didn't have the strength for them. He felt sick, tired, and all he wanted was to do scientific work and be with...
...evil empire" and chose to challenge Communism in Grenada and Nicaragua was driven by the sting of Soviet contempt, his own sense of alarming U.S. military weakness and the need to demonstrate resolve. The Reagan who now reaches out for arms accords is convinced he is dealing from renewed strength and can afford a touch of magnanimity, or at least flexibility...
...addition, the Soviets still have a substantial advantage in conventional-troop strength in Europe. After 13 years of bargaining in Vienna over Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions, there are signs of progress, but the imbalance is not soon to be rectified. Thus NATO must still rely on medium- and short-range nuclear missiles to deter a Soviet attack...