Word: strengthing
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...making its movies successful. That means getting its house in order and curtailing further executive turnover. As the Motley Fool's Tim Beyers noted, "There's simply no way the comic-book publisher will become a movie mogul with a mishmash organization." Even if it does have superhuman strength on its side...
...predictable broadsides against Israel; some, like the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, have blamed the U.S. too. He orchestrated a large pro-Hizballah demonstration in his Sadr City stronghold last week--a protest against the bombing in Lebanon but also a piece of political theater designed to showcase the strength of his support (and a response to a muscle-flexing rally organized earlier by a rival Shi'ite leader). For the most part, ordinary Iraqis, although sympathetic to their coreligionists in Lebanon, have shown little interest in a conflict that seems both far away and from another era--a leftover...
...pocket a laminated piece of paper listing the positions and code numbers of local Hizballah men in his area. He is 103 and Abu Mohammed is 121. Haj Rabieh demonstrates by picking up his walkie-talkie and calling number "47" When "47" answers, Haj Rabieh says "God give you strength" in greeting, then "go, go, go". He taps at the handset to change the frequency, then asks "What did you have for lunch?" "Rice and potatoes," comes the tinny-sounding reply...
...have stories that help us flatter ourselves into believing that it did. The Flight 93 movies and World Trade Center, not to take anything away from them, cherry-picked the few triumphant stories of 9/11. They let us see it as a day when Americans tapped their strength, transformed and sacrificed--whether you and I, munching our Raisinets in the audience...
...have had a son at war. And even the prospect of Jimmy's service will shade the race. Iraq is the most important strategic and political issue facing the U.S. Many Democrats are calling for troop withdrawal to begin immediately, and the Bush Administration is struggling to reduce troop strength by the end of the year. McCain is the leading voice calling for increasing the number of U.S. troops there...