Word: strengthing
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However, this was not the first time Chenoweth has made his strength known this year...
...hold off a strong Washington.” The win in the finals yesterday was made all the more impressive by the fact that the Huskies defeated the Crimson by over three seconds in Saturday’s preliminary heat. Learning from Saturday’s finish of the strength of Washington’s sprint in the last 500 meters, Harvard pushed itself to create a strong advantage from the start, beginning the race with a cleaner start and upping the stroke rating up to 36 from the 34 they raced at in the prelims...
...constitutes a tragedy in himself, his presence in any film being enough to instill beauty. The pent-up violence expressed by the somber phosphorescence of his eyes, his eagle's profile, the imperious arch of his eyebrows, the hard, bitter curve of his lips, the stupendous strength of his torso - this is what he has been given, and what not even the worst of directors can debase... Through him, mise en scne [a film's visual strategy] can confront the most intense of conflicts and settle them with the contempt of a god imprisoned, quivering with muted rage...
...wake of the resolution to last week's fighting in Basra, this latest move only confirms to many Sadr's breath of power and the limits of Maliki's. Three days into his poorly executed military campaign on Basra - initially commended by Washington as a decisive show of strength by the government - the Prime Minister extended by ten days a deadline for militants to lay down their arms. Now, despite what the U.S. Embassy and Coalition forces have called a successful run in Basra, Maliki appears to have eased the pressure off the Mahdi Army entirely...
...after his grandmother’s death to search for his mother. The plot is conventional, but Carlitos is heartbreakingly cute. His relationship with Enrique (Eugenio Derbez), the migrant worker who comes to take care of him, is charming, funny, and by far the film’s greatest strength. Like nearly all movies with a political agenda, however, “Under the Same Moon” has its limitations. Director Patricia Riggen primarily uses the mother-son story to frame a broad survey of illegal immigrant hardship. It’s a well-intentioned move to educate...