Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...topic of power sharing for the simple reason that it objects to the idea of any group shooting its way to power. But whether the Administration likes it or not, the leftists, by virtue of the one third of the countryside they control, have de facto power. Furthermore, their strength shows no signs of abating despite increased U.S. aid and training to the Salvadoran army. In short, peace will forever remain elusive in El Salvador without an agreement with the leftists...
...case has forced us to look at rape and all that it can entail--the attitudes of the alleged rapists, who testified that they thought the woman was enjoying it, the ordeal of the woman who has the strength to press charges and the sexually explicit details...
...dealing with a paranoid fantasy called Aquitaine, and it's controlled by proven, committed, highly intelligent and resourceful men, who it they achieve what they've set out to do will appear as the voices of strength and reason in a world gone mad. They'll control that world--our world--because all other options will pale beside their stability...
...Hart won 61% of the Wyoming caucus vote to Mondale's 36%, adding to his political velocity. By then Hart had achieved a kind of effervescent mass appeal, his popularity fueling itself. His surge was not altogether political: a CBS News exit poll in Vermont found his greatest strength among self-described conservatives, while a poll in Massachusetts found that he is preferred most by liberals. Quickest to embrace him were upscale members of the baby-boom generation, known as "initial tryers" to professional marketers. "If you've got a new concept or a new product," said Atlanta...
Maine may have been the most telling display of Hart's strength and Mondale's weakness. Mondale had tried hard there, outspending Hart $400,000 to $40,000. Perhaps a third of the Democrats were from union households, Mondale's supposed mainstays. And voters chose delegates at caucuses, the system that favors Mondale's efficient organization. In Vermont, Hart campaigned extensively and was given the edge in the final week. But the dimensions of his victory-51,703 votes to 14,896-were stunning...