Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moving. After Friday's news, Reagan said the rise in exports showed that "our competitive position in the world is steadily improving." That was a bit at odds with a comment he had made four days earlier, when he called the deficit with other nations a "sign of strength" because "our growing economy enables us to buy their goods." This rationalization provoked ridicule from Democratic critics. Congressman Richard Gephardt of Missouri, a champion of fair trade and a presidential candidate, labeled Reagan's argument "mush." Said he: "The trade deficit is an indication that we're not winning our share...
...young people in the Middle East, the Palestinians have instead begun to turn to Islamic fundamentalism for their ideological sustenance. The fundamentalists are especially strong in Gaza, where the teeming refugee camps have become a fertile breeding ground for the message of the Islamic sheiks. Islam is also gaining strength in the camps and universities of the West Bank. Says Efraim Sneh, an Israeli brigadier general who recently resigned as head of the West Bank Civil Administration: "Islam is moving into the void, and it's much more difficult to combat that kind of terrorism...
...created this monster were honorable. Since the beginning of this century, progressives have fought for primaries as the most representative way of choosing the delegates who would select the party's ticket. What evolved was a mixed system. Candidates who needed to prove their electoral clout or show strength in a certain region could enter a few well-chosen primaries; those with established reputations generally would ignore them. The real decisions were made by back-room coalitions assembled at the convention. John Kennedy, for example, entered the West Virginia primary to prove he could win in an ardently Protestant state...
DESCRIPTION: Strength of Democratic candidates among United States voters and Iowa voters...
...disavow myself from the Jewish state. I am also not looking to quickly wash away the guilt that has wrenched my soul and I suspect the souls of many fellow Jews. I criticize because I fear that Israel is destroying itself and just as the Jewish state provides strength to all Jews its destruction will weaken all Jews...