Word: strengthing
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...endorsement speech, Kennedy declared Obama to be nothing less than his brother's rightful heir. His only mention of Hillary Clinton by name was a dutiful nod to the strength, work and dedication that she and John Edwards have shown in the presidential race. But he then proceeded to demolish every attack line that she and her husband have thrown Obama...
...candidate has hidden for much of the campaign, as he tried to present himself not as the person he is, but the product he thought he should be. Thanks to that miscalculation, voters in Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire were bombarded with television ads and direct mail about "strength" and "optimism," his distain for illegal immigration and the three-legged stool of the conservative coalition he only joined in the last few years. His long jaw and his toothy smile ruled the airwaves. He attacked his opponents with abandon...
...Some analysts say Calderon can win the war if he continues a sustained assault. "He can smash the big organizations in the same way the Colombians took down the Medellin Cartel," said Mexican drug expert Jorge Chabat. "The cartels cannot defeat the government militarily. Their strength is corruption...
...ideas (clearly, he wasn't). But what did he actually mean? People - and not just Republicans - have been calling the GOP the party of ideas for nearly 30 years, since Ronald Reagan transformed the mushy, defensive conservatism of his party into a sleek ideological message celebrating individual freedom, military strength and traditional moral values...
...credit. Plus, this special onetime offer: universal day care!" To be sure, the Republicans had their own special interests and slovenly hypocrisies - an avalanche of corporate tax breaks that made Swiss cheese out of the federal code - but they could always return to their big, clean public offer: freedom, strength, morality...