Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bulldogs' strength--by no means confined to Pernfors--was too deep for the Crimson. Their second singles player, George Bezecny, is ranked 11th in the country and disposed of Dave Beckman...
Tokyo rates as the second most expensive city, 18% above New York, although the dollar's strength means that prices there are less exorbitant than in the past. Anyone who needs another reason not to go to Tehran will be happy to know that it now ranks third, 16% above New York. American cities, including Chicago (No. 5), San Francisco (No. 6) and New York (No. 7), claim five of the top ten spots...
...Surgeon Robert Holbrook Smith, a total stranger and also an alcoholic. Wilson's desperate idea: apply the buddy system to the problem of quitting. Since then A.A. has grown steadily. Participation in the organization, which defines itself simply as "a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism," has doubled over the past ten years. Explains Cathleen Willis, director of Alcoholics Anonymous of Chicago: "Alcoholism is increasingly recognized as a disease. People are more aware of what's wrong...
...Mariquita is an example to everyone who gets injured," says Simon. "She showed real strength even in her disappointment...
Unequivocal devotion to the system is to be found mainly, it seems, among the quiet, leathery revolutionaries who fought the war and who tend not to talk much about the travails that hardened their commitment. Some of their relatives share that strength. At Cu Chi, where entire families once lived in a Viet Cong-built labyrinth of tunnels that snaked along for more than 100 miles beneath U.S. bases, Nguyen Thi Tu, 60, sells fruit to visitors. "I feel better than before," says the bony woman. "We have complete freedom. We can work anywhere. We are not afraid of anything...