Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guess I would do it again," Lewis says. "But I would caution those who are trying to transfer that it's a struggle. You have to have some character strength to weather it, to put up with the isolation...
Typical meetings last for one hour. A volunteer usually acts as a moderator, speaking for half the time on "experience, strength and hope." Usually the talk explains what life was like for the person while he was drinking and how it has changed for the better. Later the moderator opens the floor. He or she might ask: "Did anybody want to drink today?" Members respond, frequently dealing with personal issues. The groups have no regimen per se, only the so- called twelve steps that include such basic A.A. tenets as admitting one's powerlessness over alcohol and acknowledging the existence...
...unpopular draft law. It has led to widespread draft evasion and even fights between Nicaraguans and Sandinista officials who roam the country looking for recruits. At the same time, the Sandinistas evidently feel that their armed forces, already much larger than those of any neighboring country, are at appropriate strength levels...
...them, the Republicans felt they had to make the Pentagon share in the sacrifice. All those tales of military extravagance, of $400 hammers and $600 toilet seats, had taken a toll. A / feeling had grown too that after years of rapid increases in military spending under Reagan, U.S. fighting strength had been adequately rebuilt...
Ultimately Reagan's visit will be judged by whether it strengthened the alliance and struck the right note on dealing with Moscow. Said Reagan in Lisbon: "We set forth a sensible framework for improved Soviet relations based on strength, realism, peaceful competition and negotiations." He said he was ready for a summit whenever Gorbachev was. "So the ball is in their court, first to decide whether he's coming here, and then, second, as to time and place for such a meeting, if he's willing." No one could tell whether Gorbachev planned to keep the ball in play...