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Still, the narrative offers informed, exacting characterizations of the uncertain political alliances, strained interactions and ideological growing pains that elites of the post-revolutionary decades put the country through.
Four presidents who put Virginia’s stamp on early America | Andrew Burstein | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s got the same pump-up-the-heart music, the same slick videos, the same strained, middle-aged corporate exuberance.
Despite this, e-commerce has been one of the bright spots for publishers’ stretched and strained ad revenue lines.
How Hearst UK’s e-commerce revenue grew 322% during the second quarter | Lucinda Southern | August 21, 2020 | Digiday
Now, sharing strained relations with the United States, the two are increasingly finding a common cause.
Winners and losers in our suddenly super-strained food system.
What Happens When Everyone Stays Home to Eat? (Ep. 412) | Stephen J. Dubner | April 9, 2020 | FreakonomicsHis breath became so strained that he was forced to quit his job as a horticulturalist for the parks department.
Before Eric Garner, There Was Michael Stewart: The Tragic Story of the Real-Life Radio Raheem | Marlow Stern | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe unzipped the body bag, and a crowd of craned necks strained to get a look.
The alliance between America and rebel forces has been strained by the U.S. refusal to directly attack the Assad regime.
Al Qaeda Makes a Play for the U.S. Allies the War Against ISIS Depends On | Jacob Siegel | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis has resulted in a huge influx of patients into an already strained system.
Will US Health Care Follow in China’s Bloody Footsteps? | Daniela Drake | September 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Schiff said this “has the feeling of a lawyerly kind of argument, to put the best case on a pretty strained legal theory.”
Even a Top Democrat Thinks Obama's Legal Case for War Makes No Sense | Eli Lake | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo strained became the relations between them, that for the last part of the advance they no longer met at meals.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBut being himself in somewhat strained relations with the existing Government, he did not think it prudent to show himself.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanRelations became so strained that Bonaparte was soon glad to seize on any excuse to dismiss Lannes from his post.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison"Sing," said the Bull, as the stiff, muddy ox-bow creaked and strained.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingCollars or sleeves, pinned over or tightly strained to meet, will entirely mar the effect of the prettiest dress.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
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