Word: thrusting
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...terrorism and the war in Iraq. That is what the incoming Spanish government has done. Though it is apparently set on withdrawing from Iraq, it will not bolt from the antiterrorism coalition. But the terrorists don't accept that distinction. For them, the key battlefield is Iraq. The thrust of their strategy is to break up the U.S.-led coalition. They live by a simple maxim: "The worse, the better...
...relations between governments,” he said. “Leading institutions have an important role to play in forging connections, and certainly Harvard, which is very respected and recognized through the world and Latin America, can make an important contribution. That’s part of the thrust of my trip as well...
...Bernakevitch’s sudden heroics the night before, coming less than a minute into the third period of the semifinal against Dartmouth, that thrust him—ever-languishing in relative obscurity below most radars—into the spotlight...
...close of his national title-clinching bout, he threw his headgear to the ground and thrust his arms up into the air before running to the side of the mat and jumping into the outstretched arms of his coach, where—for a moment—he looked more like a five-year-old kid than the most successful wrestler in Harvard history...
...ideology, Brzezinski said, will have an “anti-American, anti-globalization thrust...