Word: strengthing
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...fast 6-2, 6-2 trouncing—a lopsided outcome that is beginning to become a routine for the aggressive-playing freshman. He was the second singles player off the court.The first off the court was Ermakov, who, playing at less than full strength because of an injury, lost 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4.Next, at No. 1, Kumar lost 6-1, 6-4 in a match against Bojan Szumanski, who is ranked No. 33 nationally. Kumar’s is a game of inches and finesse, and at first his shots were missing by just enough...
...What you need to win Top Model isn’t extreme talent in one area, but adequate strength in all dimensions. And that’s why the finales always come with some level of disappointment, since all the extraordinary girls seem to have already been sent home...
...procession of firepower was designed to show that Putin's eight years as President has revived Russia's mighty Armed Forces, and with it Russia's national pride. "The victors gave us great reason to believe in our national strength, self-reliance and freedom," new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in his V-Day address. His thinly veiled comparison of the Nazi aggression 63 years ago with NATO's eastward expansion today echoed a favorite Kremlin propaganda theme for whipping up Russia's resurgent nationalism. Medvedev also condemned "any ethnic or religious enmity." That was perhaps an all but tacit...
...huge oil pipe spewing rubles might have been a more fitting emblem of Russia's resurgent strength than the arms of the moribund Russia Army. But even the rattling of a rusty saber served the political point of reminding NATO-friendly neighbors like Georgia and Ukraine, as well as other ex-Soviet Republics, who is still the big guy on the block. Still, with the price of bread and other foodstuffs skyrocketing, there was some grumbling about the circus. The popular Moscow daily Moskovski Komsomolets calculated that the cost of today's military parade could have bought the city...
...Nicaragua's weakness has become its strength," adds Ivan Saballos, former director of the national export promotion agency, in reference to Nicaragua's dramatic increase in food exports to other Central American countries. "There will never be an industrial revolution here. That would be giving up our competitive advantage...