Word: stronge
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While Pakistan's history of antagonism with India has created strong popular support for a nuclear buildup, some observers say that Bhutto will pursue a policy of reconciliation with her country's historic rival...
B.A.S.S. adheres to a strong environmental program, which mandates the release of tournament bass. The company has imposed tight safeguards to prevent cheating: anglers are randomly paired before setting out, and their boats are inspected at dockside to thwart any attempt to sneak large pre- caught fish aboard...
ELEEMOSYNARY. Playwright Lee Blessing (A Walk in the Woods) encapsulates feminism through three generations of strong-minded women in a deft, dark comedy transferred from off-Broadway to the Spoleto Festival in Charleston...
...huge webs of strong nylon mesh, known as drift nets, can cover a slice of ocean up to 40 miles wide and 40 ft. deep. In North Pacific waters, fishermen from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan routinely let the nets float for as long as nine hours at night. They are intended to catch squid, but they also scoop up sea turtles, porpoises, seals, birds and various kinds of fish. Environmentalists call them killer nets and accuse those who use them of "strip-mining" the ocean...
What leads young men to commit such deeds? It has become a truism to say that rape is an act of violence, not of sex. But experts insist that sexual gratification is a factor in attacks by adolescents. The teen years are ones of intense sexual stirrings and strong aggressive impulses. And many youths are simply socially inept and unable to woo female affection. Frustrated, they take what they want...