First, they underestimated the strength of General Dostam's one-time ally, Ahmad Shah Masoud, who continues to hold out in the mountains and high passes of the Panjshir Valley, in the east of the country.
He had a profound vision of America's role in the world as one of peace through strength.
One plus is that it has sapped the euro's strength, which will help Irish exporters to sell more to America and Britain, their two biggest markets.
Ever since the 1992 Summer Olympics revealed the city in its post-Franco glory, Barcelona has moved from strength to strength, becoming one of the world's most visited cities for its architectural icons and culinary and cultural bona fides.
Families of every makeup continue to guide our country's progress by supporting one another with unshakable devotion and instilling strength of character in their children.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- National Family Week, 2012
According to a Pew survey, Americans think by two to one (60% to 27%) that China's economic strength is a greater threat than its military might.
No one is sure whether, from Israel's current perceived position of strength, he genuinely wants a lasting peace that would give the Palestinians a proper state.
Mickey Marotti, the strength coach at Ohio State and one of Tebow's closest friends, said that he had sent him a text message of support Monday morning.
ABB, one of Switzerland's largest companies, recently described the franc's strength as a headache.
Fluor, with a relative strength of 95, has been one of the market's best performers in the past year, so it passes this final test.
But the collection's strength is American painting to 1945, and it boasts one of the greatest American landscapes ever painted, Frederic Edwin Church's "Niagara" (1857).
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But the effects of jitters over the strength of that U.S. consumption shows that one of the most important reforms China needs now is to reduce its vulnerability to U.S. consumers by boosting consumption at home.
Earlier this month, Corus, an Anglo-Dutch steel group, said it will lay off 6, 000 workers and cut production by one-fifth in Britain, where operations have been ravaged by sterling's strength.
As a metric to determine the relative strength of a team, it's not a very convincing one.
MORI, a polling organisation, the strength of the economy is one of the main reasons for Labour's continuing lead in the polls.
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Plymouth's strength as a media centre is shored up by being home to one of the biggest independent production houses outside London, Twofour Productions at Estover.
In short then, rather than respond to the public's rejection of his posture of weakness abroad by replacing that posture with one of strength, Obama has ratcheted up his policy of weakness.
In the last two weeks the strength of England's assault has been in their ability to have every one of their players contributing with match-winning performances.
America's strength has been sustained over decades because it has successfully managed these transitions from one source of advantage to the next rather than resting on, or trying too hard to entrench, the advantages that it started with.
The participants collectively represent millions of Americans who support the Bush policy of promoting international peace through the effective marshalling and use of American strength -- and who appreciate that John Bolton is one of the President's most effective advocates for, and implementers of, that policy.
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But when asked if John McCain's sudden emergence in the GOP race was one of "the other things" he's worried about, Bradley said McCain's strength actually enhances his prospects because he can stand up to McCain better than Gore on the issue of campaign finance reform.
Even though the cult comedy series, Father Ted, about three hapless priests living on the fictitious Craggy Island filmed its last episode in 1998, such was the strength of its fan-base that it gave rise to one of the country's zaniest get-togethers, Tedfest.
Millions of men, women, and children have made service their mission, reaffirming that America's greatest strength lies not in might or wealth, but in the bonds we share with one another.
But Peter Reid's outfit will be at full strength as they bid to improve on a dismal return of just one point from three Premiership games.
It's a rivalry defined by strength (Nadal's left-handed forehand) versus relative weakness (Federer's one-handed backhand), and Federer knows there's little point in hanging back and rallying with Nadal for hours.
The son of a Hungarian immigrant, who did not go to one of France's elite schools, Sarkozy had to fight his way to the top of politics by sheer strength of will.
It used to be that the U.S. was number one in pretty much everything: education, technology, standard of living, economic and military strength, admired world leadership.
So if you have one element that says strength - like a gun - but everything else doesn't follow that, that's not the narrative you think you have.
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