Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matches its cultural demands for order, America is at its best when it allows its people to reinvent themselves and create new opportunities, Fallows writes. Disorder makes America great, and great Americans are the ones who aren't constrained by stagnant societal customs. Those who really contribute to American strength are the entrepreneurs like Steve Wozniak and Steven Jobs, not to mention the grunts who take jobs in the oil fields when their factories close, confident that they can start their lives anew...
...course, impossible to prove that the American Dream is the power behind the United States' economic strength, but Fallows' many anecdotes are compelling. For instance, his account of the Nguyens, a Vietnamese family of refugees who worked many long hours to improve their economic standing, sounds very familiar. It's reminiscent of the stories told to any second or third-generation Americans by their immigrant parents or grandparents. The moral: Hard work and the opportunity to make a new start are what makes America great...
...immediate wake of the Webster ruling it appears that pro-choice activists will marshall support for an active campaign to stop this backslide and prevent the anti-choice forces from gaining any further political strength. However, given that this issue will be up in the air for at least another year, it is uncertain whether that activism will be maintained at the level of intensity which it must be to make a real difference...
...whether Thatcher's weakened position will cause her to be more conciliatory on two key proposals: a social charter intended to safeguard workers' rights and, more important, the eventual establishment of a single currency managed by a European central bank. Emboldened by the erosion of Thatcher's political strength, her fellow summiteers may decide to press on toward European unity, whatever her objections...
...never forget what they endured," Bhutto said, remembering young students who died for the revolution. "I can only strive with all my strength to give meaning to what they sought--those simple but priceless freedoms that you here, perhaps, take for granted...