Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...four published novels before Animal Farm are readable but minor performances. His women characters are particularly stiff and lifeless. He was not an imposing political theorist; his strength lay in recognizing problems, not in propounding detailed solutions...
...players such animosity rarely exists. Even in the most bitter rivalries, the game is a test of strength and skill between equals and the teams can shake hands afterwards. The players respect each others abilities and have the exclusive bond of having been in the area together...
...systems based on completely different principles and values. We should not have to re-educate our people every few years on what this challenge is, because that will just mean swings in public opinion and in policy. What we need more than anything else is a policy that combines strength with continuity. We need the ability to engage the Soviets in a positive dialogue to see whether it isn't possible to reach some solutions through negotiation. That is a long-term process. It requires the help of both major political parties in our country...
...Administration has been doing that in building our economy and our defenses and, at the same time, offering to negotiate on the important issues that face our two countries. If the Soviet Union chooses not to negotiate, we have to have an alternative. And that alternative is our own strength and the ability of the U.S. to pursue a policy with continuity...
...portrayal of a confused drug addict. A runaway at 14 from his family's home in Brooklyn, he lived for a time on the streets, served with the Army in Viet Nam, then spent ten years as an actor. His career was set to take off on the strength of Buffalo, a critically praised performance last year in a Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, and a featured role in the forthcoming movie Once Upon a Time in America...