In 2010 the tendency for strength over the first three days of the month was even more obvious.
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Mick Potter's men, at full strength for the first time this year, battled through the pouring rain which fell throughout the entire 80 minutes.
The first strength is the power of Word-of-Mouth (WOM) and buzz.
Very few of us will ever have the courage or the training or the physical strength of the first responders who have been in the news this year.
Callahan, who had not scored at even strength since the first round against Ottawa, was lurking just off the crease and looked set to put away a simple rebound.
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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.
The two candidates in the run-off for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by Robert Bennett, Mike Lee and Tim Bridgewater, have both endorsed the " Peace through Strength Platform " first unveiled on these pages two weeks ago.
At even strength, through the first three games of the series, the two teams had scored seven goals apiece.
This could be a problem, especially when servers running Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system offer industrial-strength computing for the first time.
But Arsenal looked anything but under-strength in a vibrant first 45 minutes that brought a host of chances at both ends and a deserved lead for Wenger's side.
Even better is the realization that women around the world have only just begun to show their strength: For the first time in 13 years, men have been outpaced by women in creating new businesses in nations like Thailand, Ghana and Nigeria.
While acronyms were not his strength, Bill was the first fantasy football commissioner and is considered the father of the modern fantasy football we enjoy today.
Lee's strength was apparent from the first round of balloting.
Religious Zionism, which had been marginal to Israeli politics, gained strength, not least among the first Israelis who came to build settlements in the West Bank.
You would have to say the Yankees thrive first and foremost on the strength of their pro scouting department.
That was the same year official federal records about tornadoes -- in terms of their location, strength and damage inflicted -- were first kept.
As in the first four years, the strength of the American economy will determine more than anything else how much room the president has to advance his top priorities.
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.
Those who celebrated the first Thanksgiving persevered by drawing strength from each other, and today we once again come together in that spirit of unity to overcome our challenges, remaining thankful for our freedom and the blessings of family, community, and country.
Fidelity National first showed a breakout of relative strength in the beginning of the March 2003 bull market.
Indeed, if the dollar continues to slide, euro strength, not weakness, may be the first problem to fall into his successor's lap.
The first minister said he recognised the strength of feeling within the communities affected, but that decisions about ferry services are commercial decisions.
"I don't have the cash or the bench strength, but I told people on the first day what the name of the game was: growth and productivity, " he says.
The acquisition gives control over the network to Viacom (nyse: VIA.B - news - people ), which delivered a first-quarter profit off the strength of its other cable networks, including MTV .
Its capacity to sweep aside international objections was the first demonstration of its new-found strength.
The first real battles of ballot-measure strength in the 1998 election were tested in the June 2 California primary.
The seed, fertilizer and pesticide company said the first quarter results are driven primarily from strength of its business in Brazil and Argentina.
But, just when Wigan were back to full strength, Jamie O'Callaghan scored Quins' first try, racing to the line after a loose kick was charged down on halfway.
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