Word: strengthing
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...same time. The first is its own people, who need to be reassured at a time when rumors continue to circulate about the health of their Dear Leader, who foreign intelligence agencies believe had a stroke last summer. Like his father before him, Kim Jong Il rules on the strength of "symbolic capability," says Song Dae-sung, president of the Sejong Institute, a South Korean think tank. "North Korea idolizes a single leader. Kim Jong Il's bad health and leaflets being sent by anti-North Korea NGOs in the South to the North Korean people are undermining the solidity...
...brothers and sisters from my father. Twenty-three grandchildren; already there are grand-grandchildren of my father's. First of all, we want a stronger company. The second point is to bring the company public. It has two advantages. The first is that everything you do is for the strength of the company. Second, the future shareholders should not be trapped as shareholders. They should be free to sell, to buy, whatever they want to do. If the company's strong, the family will be strong...
...Sony isn't the only iconic Japanese brand that is taking a beating. Beset by a domestic economy in recession, a yen that is gaining strength, and evaporating sales, manufacturers that have long been considered best-in-class by consumers are reeling. Toyota, the world's No. 1 carmaker by sales and profitability, recently announced that it expects to post its first operating loss in seven decades for the fiscal year ending March...
Harvard brought the match score to 3-2 on the strength of singles wins from No. 2 Chijoff-Evans (7-6(5), 6-2) and No. 3 junior Michael Hayes (6-2, 7-6(5)). Hayes and Chijoff-Evans’ 8-5 win in doubles also helped the Crimson seal the singles point...
...that sense, the greatest strength of science is also its greatest weakness. Science advances through perpetual disagreement and revision; scientists establish rigorous methods and standards to work toward the achievement of truth, and never seek to predict outcomes unconditionally. These practices allow for the exhilaration of unexpected discoveries. But it comes with a caveat: When the scientific method is turned inward to examine its own premises, it becomes destabilized. An ideological breach opens, in which, theoretically, a God or ethics could exist...