Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...receiving end of Amfitheatrof's reports were Associate Editor John Kohan and Reporter-Researcher Helen Sen Doyle in New York City, who worked together on both the main chronicle of events and an accompanying assessment of the Soviet military's strength and political influence. Kohan and Doyle are both fluent Russian speakers who have traveled and worked in the Soviet Union. They have spent more than 26 years between them studying that secretive country...
...parent of young speed skaters, I was angered by your comment that speed skating is an obscure sport and "Heiden, the greatest speed skater in history-and an American-has flashed through without leaving a trace." Eric Heiden chose to excel in a sport that demands grace and strength, instead of one like hockey, which can be brutal and violent. I am proud that my children chose to emulate...
Harvard has three four-year defensemen who have been playing well all year, despite constant double shifting, and the team counts defense as its big strength. Deb Taft (4-4-8), Megan Berthold (2-6-8) and Sue Newell (4-15-19) have all been performing well of late. Particularly on offense, the seniors should provide the Crimson with some scoring spark as well as their usually fine blue-line play...
...France of the 1950s, the domestic world was the accepted, indeed expected, environment for women. Madeline and Lena function almost as a unit in helping each other to explore the world outside. Kury highlights the strength of the women's friendship by subtly contrasting it to the friendship that develops between Costa and Michel. While Michel and Costa vie for the attention of each others' wives on a joint family outing, Michel tells Madeline. "You only look at Lena, never at me." And while each husband tries to trick the other into phony business deals, Lena and Madeline remain loyal...
...action. ('Night Mother, like Traveler, also premiered at the American Repertory Theatre, and it won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama last spring.) Four characters inhabit the world of Traveler, the action takes place outdoors, and the conflicts are multiple and complex. But Traveler lacks 'Night Mother's greatest strength: believability...