Word: strongly
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...flag - my flag - was the emblem of choice for drunken nationalist outbursts across the nation; in Wollongong, south of Sydney, Australia Day violence was the worst police had ever seen, with mobs of drunken, flag-clad teenagers brawling in the streets. In Manly, in north Sydney, an 80-strong flag-waving mob harassed and assaulted nonwhite passers-by and shop owners, jumped on cars and chanted "Aussie pride...
While traditional Memorial Day rites have dwindled in many towns, they remain strong at Arlington National Cemetery. Since the 1950s, on the Thursday before Memorial Day, soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division have placed American flags at each of the more than 260,000 graves there. During the weekend, they patrol around the clock to make sure each flag remains aloft. On the holiday itself, every year about 5,000 people turn out to see the President or Vice President give a speech and lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. And other Americans are encouraged...
...orchestra that is craving to be taken to higher levels,” said former HRO president Christine L. Barron ’09. “We anticipate a powerful commitment to musical excellence and student teaching, as Federico Cortese continues to build upon and expand the strong foundation that Dr. Yannatos has established for the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra over the past 45 years,” said current HRO president Eugene W. Lee ’09. In addition to his conducting responsibilities with HRO, Cortese will also teach one course per semester as a senior lecturer...
...Young said that his decision to come to Cambridge was based on a strong desire to work in an urban district, something he called “a professional challenge...
...clear that the authorities in Dubai have some kind of strong evidence against Hisham Talaat Moustafa, and that's why the authorities here had to arrest him and investigate. Otherwise, the Egyptian authorities wouldn't have lifted his immunity and arrested him." - Salama Ahmed Salama, a columnist with Egypt's state-owned newspaper Al Ahram (New York Times, Sept...