Word: strengthe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...delegation of Soviet exchange students yesterday criticized Vice President George Bush's "peace through strength" foreign policy at a panel discussion on Soviet-American relations...
...exchange students said that the "peace through strength" approach could have negative repercussions. "Come with the sword, you die by the sword--I think that is from the Bible," he said...
Because the union won the spring election by anarrow margin of less than one percent of the 3400support staff, swing votes--which are the easiestvotes to lose--were key to the victory. Laborexperts say that unions often lose strength duringlegal delays, because uncertain voters changetheir minds...
...17th century the classical world was the locus of ideal beauty, but how did a Frenchman enter it? A writer could read Vergil without leaving Paris, but a painter had to go to Rome. There, ancient sculpture and architecture abounded; from them, antiquity could be reimagined. It was the strength of the reimagining, not just its archaeological correctness, that counted. Poussin's main regular job during his Roman years was drawing records of ancient sculpture for a rich antiquary and scholar named Cassiano dal Pozzo. This gave him excellent access to collections, and the time to develop the repertoire...
...There is agreement" that Eason is not at full strength, he added in a telephone interview from his California office. "I would expect that we would reach a consensus on his state of readiness to perform in the game...