Word: strengthing
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...strength of your novels is, over and above the storylines, the psychological examination of the principal characters. But that is perhaps the most difficult aspect of a novel to transfer to film successfully. Was that something that you struggled with in any of the film or TV versions of your works and do you ever write your novels with screen adaptability in mind? -Dan Montgomery, McLean, VirginiaNo I never do. It doesn't really arise. I generally sat back and let other writers do the screenplays of my novels. The process is often long, repetitive and frustrating. I feel...
...that generation, Lincoln explained, the events of the Revolution remained "living history," and those Americans retained an emotional attachment to the political institutions that had been created. But the living memories of the Revolution and the founding could no longer be counted on. Those memories "were a fortress of strength; but what invading foemen could never do, the silent artillery of time has done; the leveling of its walls." So, Lincoln concluded, the once mighty "pillars of the temple of liberty" that supported our political institutions were gone...
...fellowships were handed out; an elaborate, handsomely designed website was launched. Working with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation started Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry-recitation contest for high school students, which was won this May by one Amanda Fernandez of Washington on the strength of her thunderous version of Sterling A. Brown's "Ma Rainey...
...last 10, 15 years, we frankly have not had the full faculty strength needed to sustain the program,” Graham says. “We need a stronger, larger faculty to handle the undergraduates well...
...steady netminder, alternating between senior goalie Justin Tobe and freshman Kyle Richter, while BC’s goalie Cory Schneider, who has since been appointed to the 2007 U.S. Men’s National Hockey Team and had a .925 save percentage for the season, was notorious for his strength between the pipes. But when the crosstown rivals faced off in Harvard’s first nonconference game of the season, the host Crimson stepped up to the challenge, claiming its first victory of the season with a 4-0 shutout over the Eagles at the Bright Hockey Center...