Equally importantly, the Higgs allows two of the four forces in nature -- the electromagnetic force and the weak force, which is responsible for most nuclear reactions -- to be unified and described by mathematics of the same type that describe the other two known forces, the so-called strong force and gravity.

CNN: Higgs and the holy grail of physics

If the case for man-made global warming is really as strong as the so-called consensus claims it is, why do the climategate emails show scientists attempting to stamp out dissenting points of view?

WSJ: James Delingpole: Climategate 2.0

Khan and His Shrines warn that this so-called "Land of the Freak" is where only the strong survive, but it's a strength that can't be measured in muscle.

NPR: King Khan And The Shrines: 'Freak' Show

Critics of the pension-consulting industry have raised strong concerns about whether brokerage commissions are a powerful source of so-called pay to play abuses.

FORBES: The Heat is On Pension Consultants (May 2, 2004 )

France has called for a target to be set to stop the single currency from becoming so strong that it damages the recovery.

BBC: Eurozone recession deepened at end of 2012

Some investors who had bought Facebook shares in private transactions in the so-called secondary market before the IPO said they were disappointed the social network didn't have a strong first-day pop.

WSJ: Facebook Falls Back to IPO Price