Word: strengthing
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...James,” Summers said, reading aloud a message he had written down for the boy. “Study. And come take my class in 10 years.” The former president, saying that he wished to test his strength, then asked Corcoran if he wanted to be lifted into the air. Soon James' feet were dangling in the vicinity of Summers' shoulders...
...resolve she exhibited to stay at Radcliffe and get her degree was emblematic of the strength necessary to become a leading force in the impending feminist movement...
...change in concentration was at least partially influenced by Sheehan’s sophomore and junior year roommate in Claverly Hall, Reza Majd, who hailed from the Middle East. A combination of Majd’s influence and the strength of Harvard’s program led Sheehan to switch his concentration to Middle Eastern History after sophomore year...
...heir-apparent to the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, Nixon has based his strength on the confidence placed in him by Eisenhower. Republican conservatives who even three years ago saw Nixon as their advocate in the White House are now forced to recognize his loyalty to the “modern Republican” line emanating from Pennsylvania Avenue...
...Nixon will need acute political judgment to sense the strength of the conservative resurgence. It is conceivable that the Administration’s loss of national popularity, coupled with out-spoken campaign tactics by its Republican critics, will throw the balance of power to the Old Guard at the 1960 convention. Though this possibility seems remote at present, too close an identification with a waning political force such as Eisenhower could hurt Nixon’s presidential chances. On the other hand, a premature commitment to the Old Guard might cut off Nixon’s favored position...