Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard forged a 23-19 halftime advantage on the strength of its 10 for-18 performance from the floor and the Tigers' abysmal nine for 24 effort from the parquet...
...reason for Syria's current strength is the Arab perception that its hard line led to Israel's decision to pull out of Lebanon. In the first phase, finished ahead of schedule on Saturday, the Israelis withdrew from the Awali River and redeployed seven to 20 miles south. A recent increase of attacks on Israeli soldiers by Lebanese Shi'ite forces, including the killing of three last week, has prompted some Jerusalem officials to call for a reexamination of the pullback. So far, however, Peres insists that Israel will stick to its schedule...
...party's backers include Kim Young Sam, 57, who spent the election campaign under house arrest, and Party President Lee Min Woo, 70, a stem-winding orator who used the rarely spoken words dokcheja (dictator) and kunsa dokje (military dictatorship) in campaign speeches. Most of the N.K.D.P.'s new strength at the polls was drawn not from the ruling party but from another opposition group, the Democratic Korea Party, which gained 81 seats in the 1981 elections but only 35 this time. N.K.D.P. support was particularly strong in Seoul (pop. 9 million), the capital, and the southern port city...
...choose from. It has forced U.S. companies to become more competitive. As a result, the prices of thousands of products, both foreign and domestic, have been held down. Economists estimate that the U.S. inflation rate, currently running at 4%, would be about 8% were it not for the strength of the U.S. currency...
...first act races out of the gate, with clever lines and snappy, numbers. Lou picks up the pace in his jazu anthem to a reprobate. "Devil Without a Cause" Like the next song. "Ding Dong," which features Mandy Torpedoes and the Pips, the strength of "Devil" lies more in the excellent music and choreography than in any single performance. By the fourth scene, though, the audience is clearly itching to get back to subplot A--Harvard undergrads and alumni of what may be the most anachronistic club on campus dress up, drink up, and go wild. The mini-kickline near...