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Strength See also Brawniness. Strife (See DISCORD.) Stubbornness (See OBSTINACY.) acorn heraldic symbol of strength. [Heraldry: Jobes, 27] Titan condemned to bear heavens on shoulders. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 38] (1892–1972) 20th-century strongman; went from “98-pound weakling” to “world’s strongest man.” [Am. Sports: Amory, 38–39] Paul Bunyan’s blue ox; straightens roads by pulling them. [Am. Lit.: Fisher, 270] superman of the technological age. [TV: “The Six Million Dollar Man” in Terrace, II: 294–295] heraldic symbol of power. [Heraldry: Halberts, 21] legendary woodsman of prodigious strength. [Am. Folklore: Paul Bunyan] one-eyed giants; builders of fortifications. [Gk. Myth.: Avery, 346] his twelve labors revealed his godlike powers. [Rom. Myth.: Howe, 122] a female Man Mountain Dean. [Am. Comics: “Toonerville Folks” in Horn, 668] oak of a man in Robin Hood’s band. [Br. Lit.: Robin Hood] Thor’s belt; doubled his power. [Norse Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1076] renowned athlete. [Gk. Myth.: Hall, 209]
huge athlete who killed a fierce lion with his bare hands, stopped a rushing chariot, lifted a mad bull, and died attempting to stop a falling rock. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 801] possessed extraordinary might which derived from hair. [O.T.: Judges 16:17] caped superhero and modern-day Hercules. [Comics: Horn, 642–643] |
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| The relationship between the determination of military capability needs, resource allocation, science and technology activities, and acquisition programs. WITH THE dissolution of the Soviet Union and the overwhelming victory won in the 1991 Gulf War, the time seemed right for major changes in the military capability and force structure of the United States. The attainment of this level of military capability is possible at the expense of the unification of the reconnaissance means, of the improvement of the military intelligence training system, of the high-level interaction between the different kinds of reconnaissance and the intelligence bodies of the fighting services of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. |
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