And it's because the Moses generation overcame that the trials we face today are very different from the ones that tested us in previous generations.
It was this optimism that the American people sorely needed during a difficult period -- a period of economic and global challenges that tested us in unprecedented ways.
Fischer-Tropsch derived fuels for aviation have been produced recently for the Department of Defense by U.S. based Syntroleum, and have been successfully tested by the US Air Force in a B-52 jet with all eight of its engines fueled by the mixture.
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Virtual border guards are also being tested, with the US Customs and Border Protection trialling a kiosk at Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales, Arizona, a border crossing between the US and Mexico.
Time tested economic theory tells us that in a free, unfettered market not constrained by onerous barriers to entry, the long term price of a commodity will approach its marginal cost of production.
In that time, our country has been tested in ways none of us could have imagined.
The triangular relationship between Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US will be tested more than ever as Nato withdraws combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of next year, says the BBC's Mike Wooldridge in Islamabad.
In the crucible of battle, you were tested in ways the rest of us will never know.
Like, our parents don't tell us, go get tested, or we just don't know where to go get tested.
Scientists in the US have built and tested robotic ants that they say behave just like a real ant colony.
At 2pm Eastern Time tomorrow, the US Emergency Alert System will be tested nationally for the very first time.
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Tanabe tells us the soil is first lab tested, and then heated to extreme temperatures, to kill off any bacteria.
Dr Tsanangurayi Tongesayi of Monmouth University in New Jersey, US, and his team have tested a number of imported brands of rice bought from local shops.
Training people to rely on tested techniques instead of genuine interest in another diminishes us all.
While this still needs to be tested, what's unclear is whether the US is ready to go along with this approach.
Screening is now routine for infants, and expanded vaccination programs have helped reduce new infections, but many immigrants and AAPIs born in the US before the 1990s have never been tested.
"There's no way we could have tested for this, so it was a surprise to us, " Meier said.
Many Japanese people say that they don't fully understand the U.S. election system, and I am quick to reassure them that many of us Americans wouldn't want to be tested on it, either.
Or, more precisely, nearly upon us, because the robotic vacuum cleaners I tested actually bear a much closer resemblance to the quirky appliances on The Flintstones than they do to the flawlessly performing bots featured on The Jetsons.
Which takes us to the next competitor: the ContourHD 1080p we tested a few months back.
Monday's test was conducted alongside US forces and is the first time the system has been tested.
We've definitely tested our fair share of tablet-focused keyboards, but none of 'em have actually struck us as ideal.
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That would put US bases on Guam within range, although it is not believed that the Musudan has been tested before.
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Given its safety profile and how easy it is to make, it could quickly be tested as a potential new treatment for viral diseases ranging from dengue and yellow fever to hepatitis, say the US investigators from Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington.
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The US does not need to provide all the evidence in a case, as if the allegations were being tested in a full trial by British judges.
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