Word: strength
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...priest supposed to figure out that an exorcism is warranted? How do they judge who is and who isn't a worthy candidate? The ritual stipulates that there are three signs that the priest has to look for: abnormal strength, the ability to understand unknown languages and the knowledge of hidden things. But they're very arbitrary, even those things. So they have to be in concert with something else. And typically what priests look for is what they call the aversion to the sacred, which is a person's inability to pray, to say the name of Jesus...
...Rounding out Harvard’s Women’s Week is "Mix It Up: Why Strength Training Works," an informative and interactive exercise class designed to show the importance of strength training for women. Healthy snacks and drinks will be served...
...change, and [Patsy Mink is] kind of a way to exemplify that.” Similarly, despite the personal tragedies depicted in the films, Sheldon-Desjardins sees the festival as an inspiration. “Ultimately, the films carry a message of hope and are a testament to the strength of the women portrayed...
...Michelle Obama the Rosie the Riveter of the Bernie Madoff era? Maureen Dowd seems to think so. “Let’s face it,” she writes in the New York Times, “The only bracing symbol of American strength right now is the image of Michelle Obama’s sculpted biceps.” In recent weeks the First Lady’s skin-bearing sartorial habits have become something of a controversy. Co-columnist David Brooks has even gone so far as to assert that Obama...
...this quiet strength. Due in part to her efforts my budget was restored entirely." -June S. Binney, a former New York official who oversaw health care in the city's correctional system. (New York Times...