Word: strength
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...find a way to use power discriminately and effectively." That is the heart of the issue. The same lesson needs to be learned by the U.S.S.R. The difference between the two countries, however, is that the Soviets do not care about using power humanely but prefer to exercise their strength through brutality. We are caught in a situation akin to the proverbial contest with the skunk. Both of us get covered by the wretched smell, but the skunk does not care. He thinks that is a powerful nation's natural odor...
Translating this appeal into delegate strength is something else again. Hart will have to fight through a confusing swamp of delegate-selection rules that vary sharply from state to state...
Above all, Hart must contend with a system that was deliberately designed, by packing all primaries and caucuses into a short period between Feb. 20 and June 5, to prevent a dark-horse candidate from gradually building strength and parlaying a surprise showing into the nomination...
...Harvard did pull out a tie with Cornell for second place, matching its best-ever finish (9-5 Ivy, 15-11 overall). And the strength of Crimson's showing in the season's second hall, along with strong performances during the regular season, have left Coach Frank McLaughlin and his troops with a chance for post-season action...
Robert Dallek's Ronald Reagan: The Politics of Symbolism, shows this psychological mastery to be the principal Reagan strength. Reagan is portrayed in the "ideologue as politician," a package of symbolic responses that fit an American need to feel good. Unlike other more traditional books on Reagan--for instance, Lou Cannon's Reagan--Dallek's is a psychological portrait that seeks to explain Reagan's image of himself and the image he portrays to others...