Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Japanese view themselves. Increasingly, they believe that their economic success is the fruit of hard work and that the U.S. bears responsibility for its problems. An American diplomat in Japan explains: "Japan appears to be attempting to define a role for itself commensurate with the strength it exercises in the world...
Stymied at Geneva, the U.S. has been seeking other talks with the Soviets. Secretary of State George Shultz, in a recent memo to the President, argued that expanded contacts could now be pursued, since Reagan's military buildup had put him in a position to negotiate from strength, and that failure to seek better relations with Moscow would only enhance Reagan's reputation as a dangerous hardliner. Visiting with the President in Washington last week, West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher reiterated the enthusiasm of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who met with Soviet President Yuri Andropov in Moscow...
...Syrian troops. I don't want to fight, but I think there will be more battles. The Syrians are looking to push the dissenters into creating an alternative P.L.O. Unbelievable! This P.L.O. was created by the will and the sacrifices of the people. All its prestige, all its strength, cannot be undone by the decisions of any Arab government...
...large family. She is the matriarch,"...the queen bee...the Queen of Persia, the Empress herself." Krauss is the undisputed leader of her large family. She is the matriarch, "...the queen bee...the Queen of Persia, the Empress herself." Krauss is a monarch by virtue of her strength, energy and stubbornness. Although her effect on the household is subtle, her presence is constantly felt, her power never doubted. From her family, she commands an unlikely mix of fear, respect and sincere love. And as family matriarcl., Lil Krauss becomes the symbol of female dominance throughout Joan Chase's first novel...
...Reign of the Queen of Persia might easily be dismissed as an interesting experiment. The girls live on their grandmother's farm in Northern Ohio, and nothing terribly tragic or extraordinary ever happens in the old brick house and surrounding fields where they spend their days. But the strength of this novel does not lie in the glamour of its characters or the excitement of their lives, but rather in the author's ability to make this simple, unceasingly ordinary family compelling. Through her narrators, Chase delves through levels of experience, exposing the most deepfelt emotions in this family...