Its value is derived from the world's faith in America as much as from the strength of the U.S. economy or the level of U.S. interest rates.
Apart from the strength of the rally, the Friday close was important as it pushed the index past the 12, 214 level reached on September 12, 2008, i.e.
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The Government of Ireland Act was shelved until after the war, but it was already clear from the strength of unionist opposition and the Curragh Incident that the British Government could not make Home Rule a reality on the ground.
The economy of the City went from strength to strength over the intervening 40 odd years so the springs really are not vital to the economy.
The result is a company that has transitioned from strength to strength, moving from the Mac, to the iPod, to the iPhone.
"The festival has grown from strength to strength under the caring and watchful eyes of Neville and Jenny Thomas and we are indebted to the family for hosting this wonderful festival at their home for so many years, " said Bernard Harris, Welsh Food Festival chairman.
The racing was allowed to carry on and, 146 years since the first meeting at Laytown Racecourse, the event goes from strength to strength -- the Guinness flows, the music plays and hooves thunder in the sand.
But while Sergeant and Rihanoff received the lowest marks from the judges, the strength of viewers' votes were enough to see them avoid the dance-off.
The most important development from yesterday was the strength of market leaders in the face of weak indices.
It was the sort of deal that fueled the new technologies boom, but, while Hotmail went from strength to strength as the Web email address of choice for an estimated 200 million users worldwide, Bhatia went back to basics.
And, to add another level of complexity, individual phones will adjust their transmitter power based upon the received signal strength from the MicroCell.
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The sick gather strength from the help and good wishes of relatives and friends, who, in turn, are strengthened by the courage of the afflicted.
The wind gains strength from the thermal energy of the ocean, eventually condensing vapors and circulating air fast enough to form high-speed wind and heavy rain.
That would not give Vivendi the cash it wants immediately, but it could sell its stake at some point in the future - or it could borrow the money from its bankers on the strength of that tie-up.
The work of a Disney animator, as the studios roared from strength to strength, could be as numbing as the daily grind on any other production line.
Janes says the area has benefitted from the growing economic strength of San Antonio, which has welcomed company presence from Allstate Insurance to Halliburton to Rackspace in the past several years.
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The point of the plan is to give Republicans a mandate to drive negotiations from the greatest position of strength so that the eventual compromise is as right-wing as possible.
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That means the architecture followed from engineering considerations such as the tensile strength of steel rather than, as in the case of Beaux Arts, originating from a sculptural ideal.
Allen was named in England's Senior National Academy squad at the start of the season, but has gone from strength to strength since establishing himself in the centre at Gloucester.
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Despite their stuttering start to the tournament, Grobbelaar still fancies England to go from strength-to-strength at the World Cup.
The rise stems partially from its relative strength during the economic crisis.
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Had the United States been committed to intervene in full strength from the first moment of a European war, the first world war would probably, and the second world war would certainly, never have happened.
Hispanic bookshops such as the Cultura Latina Bookstore and Art Gallery are going from strength to strength as Hispanics move into the middle class.
The mortgage crisis that has sapped the strength from once-hot home builders and banks has left the earnings power of tech companies such as Apple and Google untouched (so far).
JMP's candidate, Faisal bin Shamlan, is a liberal-leaning southerner, the bulk of its strength comes from the Islah or Reform Party.
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The last time Altman saw national leadership on health care was in the early 1990s, when political unknown Harris Wofford won a surprise election to the Senate from Pennsylvania, largely on the strength of his stance on the health-care issue.
The change we seek will not come easy, but we can draw strength from the movements of the past.
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This has created an irony: corporate Germany has gone from strength to strength even as the economy, beleaguered by high costs and rigidities, has faltered.
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.
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