Word: strongest
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Sihanouk claimed that the Khmer Rouge, the strongest but least palatable of his coalition partners, was trying to "liquidate" the prince's rebel faction. Predicting that Sihanouk would ultimately attend the peace talks, Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila of Thailand saw his resignation as a way to gain leverage in shaping his country's future...
Hoffman's theme about cooperation and AIDS is perhaps the strongest aspect of the book. The style of the novel is almost strictly dialogue, and when Hoffman attempts to include detailed description in the book, it seems artificial. But then again, the style of Hoffman's book may just reflect her view of the AIDS crisis. Simple cooperation is what she says is needed to find a cure for the virus, and excess analysis and irrelevant details are unnecessary and best forgotten...
...strongest group is the all-aroundadmittees," Fitzsimmons says. "College admissionsoffices make it seem like a must that you have tobe a specialist in one field or another. That'snot true. There are, obviously, people who excelin certain areas, like academics, or music, orwhatever, but no one would get in on that alone...
Cooperman is already moving to take control of the district's personnel and money matters. Yet as the commissioner moves into battle, even some of his strongest supporters are wondering where the money will come from to rebuild the crumbled system and whether, after so many ruinous years, even the most drastic reforms will work for the people who matter most: the pupils. Says Cooperman: "We have got to get a critical core of people who will ask, 'Is our action good for kids?' That's the bottom line...
Carrie is just one more example, if an especially lurid one, of the self- destructive expansion of the Broadway musical. The form has become as ungainly and vulnerable as the dinosaur. Although the season just past is regarded as the strongest for musicals in a decade, eight of its 15 musical productions have closed, and two may soon join them...