Word: strength
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...statement released Monday by Citadel, President and CEO Kenneth C. Griffin ’89 said that his firm’s acquisition of Sowood underscores its strength even in times when other funds are also suffering from the poor credit market...
...manager in one of the capital's most exclusive clubs. "My parents had nothing themselves. They lived for me." Wang Ning, the snowboarder who runs his own successful advertising company, agrees. "We are more self-centered. We live for ourselves, and that's good. We need to have the strength to contribute to the economy. That's our power. The power to contribute. That's how our generation is going to help the country." China's future will be defined by whether they realize that democracy can help China...
...mention faith a lot in your songs. What is your own spiritual life like? -Lisa Sidney, Maple Grove, Minn.I think I find more strength in faith than I do in organized religion. "Living on a Prayer" is most certainly nondenominational...
...Romney's strength in Iowa and New Hampshire masks his weakness in other key states like South Carolina, where social conservatives are likely to view with suspicion his relatively recent shift to the right on abortion and gay rights. Even more of a problem is his Mormon faith, which some evangelical Protestants consider a cult. Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, a second-tier contender who is vying for the evangelical vote, has been challenging Romney's claim to be the G.O.P.'s family-values candidate. The Brownback attacks and the Romney rebuttals have been getting far more coverage in religious media...
Provisions for a leisurely summer camping trip on a lake in Russia's Ural mountains: Good brown bread; salami and cheese; tomatoes and cucumbers; bottled water (always carbonated). Also, nerve gas-strength mosquito repellent, and vodka (of course). And Geiger counters...