Word: strongest
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...kind of guide for China's modernization deprives the party of its basis of legitimacy and ideologues of any weapon in their fight for the soul of young China. Even Deng has had to mention force as a way of subduing the students, who have been, ironically, among his strongest backers. If he has to employ it, that would be a tragic denouement for the most hopeful period since Mao's revolutionary victory...
That spoof of Peking's reaction to weeks of seething unrest was not far off the mark. Last week in a front-page editorial, the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily denounced the students in the strongest possible terms, saying that their marches for university reform, elections and a free press were an "inevitable outcome" of "the spread of bourgeois liberalization." The editorial almost certainly had the full approval of Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping and the full Central Committee...
...shattering the 2000 mark was primarily a symbolic triumph, it was still the most exhilarating achievement yet in one of the longest and strongest bull markets in U.S. history. Since the advance began in 1982, stock prices have more than doubled, raining hundreds of millions of dollars of profits on investors...
...This is Franklin and Marshall's strongest team ever," Diplomat Head Coach Bill Marshall said. "Beating Harvard, especially at home, is a formidable challenge for us. Harvard has a great tradition, and a great team...
Moscow's newfound concern for its wayward citizens could have unforeseen consequences. By welcoming the emigres back, the Kremlin has eliminated one of the strongest deterrents to applying to leave the country: the utter finality of emigration. With that policy changing, more Soviet citizens may be eager to gamble on the West. Now, if the experience proves disappointing, the Soviet safety net may still be there to catch them...