Word: strength
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...woman field, won the National Women's Single-handed Championship at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in King's Point, New York, a win that most women dream of garnering in four years. For her hard-fought win, she captured the distinguished Janet Lutz Trophy. Her yachting strength and her ability to adapt to changing conditions on the water have been one of the keys to the success of the women's sailing team this season...
...power play is doing fine, we need to start scoring at even strength," sophomore forward Steve Moore said...
...every month for Supreme Court combat, often arguing with cool conviction such passionate issues as flag burning and school prayer before the feisty Justices. Later he was paid more than $1 million a year to help corporate giants uphold their legal victories and reverse their losses. His greatest strength in court has always come from his obsessive preparation out of court. Last week he spent hours in moot sessions with his assistants, who assumed the role of committee Democrats, testing him on every aspect of the case...
...Their strength lay in the stories, passed from generation to generation. And so when descendants of Thomas Woodson rolled up their sleeves to give blood for DNA testing, they saw it as a chance to affirm their faith--that Thomas was, in fact, a child of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings. "We knew it like religion," says Robert Golden, Thomas' great-great-great- grandson. The results, however, came as a shock: Jefferson was not Thomas Woodson's father...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--The 17th-ranked Bearcats won their 19th straight season opener Thursday night by using their strength to dominate inside and their speed to cause problems all over the court...