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Johnson’s story is sobering as well. His once-rich father lost everything to the heat and floods that destroyed his cotton crop. As a result, LBJ vowed to amass a fortune big enough to withstand any disaster. This pursuit of money would lead to allegations that Johnson improperly used his congressional position for his personal gain—for instance, he tended to help companies that ran ads on his wife Lady Bird’s radio station. And finally, there is Nixon, who as a child was devastated by his younger brother’s death...
Harvard was outscored 6-4 in the second half, but with a solid lead left over from the first half, it was able to withstand the attack...
...Rather than engage them in a murderous price war, Sharp concentrates almost exclusively on ever-larger TVs or on small, high-quality panels found in cell phones, car navigation systems, and hand-held game players like Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS. This strategy has enabled Sharp to withstand the margin pressure that's ravaging its rivals. Sharp's small-panel market, says Lehman Bros. analyst Yuki Sugi, is particularly lucrative, as its clients tend to place long-term orders for highly specialized, high-margin goods. Similarly, at the other end of the spectrum, Sharp has profited richly...
...exercise required close coordination between earth and space. Astronauts Sally Ride and Mary Cleave, who are experienced with the robot arm, practiced flipping a replica of the switch at Mission Control. Other technicians tested duplicates of the manipulators in a special vacuum chamber to make sure they would withstand the airless chill of outer space...
...From the viewpoint of the Chinese people, the story of Taiwan and China is not about democracy vs. nondemocracy, as it is in the stereotypical U.S. world view. It is about Chinese memories of centuries of humiliation by foreigners who invaded and divided China. No leadership in Beijing could withstand the political force of Chinese nationalism if it were perceived to be soft on Taiwan...