Word: strengthing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ready now to play a nice, smiley heroine? Yes, I would love to play someone on the upswing of life! Someone discovering love, or some character full of positive strength that helps others. Someone who combs their hair! No such luck in Clint Eastwood's next film [The Changeling]. But the darker side of humanity is one better explored in the world of make believe than my own life. I have a lot of love and laughter in my own life, so it's a lovely trade...
...female political leader able to inspire the masses? Barbara Jordan never had broad nationwide appeal. Eleanor Roosevelt never ran for office in her own right. Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Mary Robinson, and Benazir Bhutto might have been described as inspirational, but mostly as a result of their strength of character and iron will in the face of war and other major crises...
...first period, Harvard was unable to get a shot past goaltender David Leggio, a problem that could resurface in Saturday’s contest, as Leggio has remained dominant throughout the season and currently holds the 11th-highest winning percentage in the nation at .676. Clarkson’s strength in the crease, coupled with the Crimson’s struggling offense, could be a recipe for disaster...
...budget and trade deficits are out of control. We're squandering our children's future.... The ominous transfer of our national wealth has made our economy vulnerable, and our economic strength and competitiveness are both declining. Middle-income Americans are struggling to keep their jobs and their homes and educate their children...
...pockets here and there who are grateful for Bush's call for liberty in the Middle East. The problem is that it is widely seen as being insincere at best and hypocritical at worst. Few doubt that toppling Saddam Hussein's dictatorship was more about breaking Arab military strength and projecting American strategic power than fighting terrorism, much less creating Iraqi democracy. While Iraq is no longer a one-man show, it will be a very long time before anyone considers the country, now dominated by Shi'ite Muslim gangs, Kurdish warlords and Sunni terrorists, emblematic of an emerging democracy...