One way to determine whether we have so dangerous a technology would be to check the strength of our society's organs to see if their functioning is as healthy as before.

During the past year, our long-range striking power, unmatched today in manned bombers, has taken on new strength as the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile has entered the operational inventory.

It is scheduled to go forward at a rate which will steadily add to our strength.

Today our surging strength is apparent to everyone.

Yet we who lean upon such a man and draw strength from him and expect interpretation of the infinite through him -- we who readily accept his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations are the first to tell him what is in our minds instead of listening to what is in his soul.

-- This budget will provide in the fiscal year 1961 for the continued support of our forces at approximately the present level -- a year-end strength of 2,489,000 men and women in the active forces.

The task of providing a reasonable level of military strength, without endangering other vital aspects of our security, is greatly complicated by the swift pace of scientific progress.

For this reason, the more uncertain skywave service was denominated `` secondary '' in our rules, as compared to the steadier, more reliable groundwave `` primary service '', and, for both skywave service and skywave interference, signal strength is expressed in terms of percentage of time a particular signal-intensity level is exceeded -- 50 percent of the time for skywave service, 10 percent of the time for skywave interference.

Family survival on our own Western frontier, for example, could quite literally depend on a man's strength and ability to bring home the bacon ; ;

You may have misgivings about certain aspects of our military establishment -- I certainly do -- but you know any comparison of over-all American strength with over-all Soviet strength finds the United States not only superior, but so superior both in present weapons and in the development of new ones that our advantage promises to be a permanent feature of U.S.-Soviet relations for the foreseeable future.

Add also a comparatively primitive industrial plant which would severely limit our capacity to keep abreast of the Soviets even in the missile field which is reputed to be our main strength.

Only the vain and incurably sentimental among us will lose sleep simply because foreign peoples are not as impressed by our strength as they ought to be.

He said that from his experience of two years with Gen. Clay in West Berlin administration, that `` Russia respects our show of strength, but that presently we're not acting as we should and must ''.

The great advances made in recent years in Communist strength and in our own capacity to destroy require an educated citizenry in the Western world.

It recalls those words of another psalm: `` God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

It is in the knowledge of the genuine conditions of our life that we must draw our strength to live and our reason for acting .".

Let them be candidly reviewed under a sense of the difficulty of combining in one system the various sentiments and interests of a continent divided into so many sovereign and independent communities, under a conviction of the absolute necessity of uniting all our councils and all our strength, to maintain and defend our common liberties ...

Though the club showed strength in the early going, the team proved unable to keep pace with the surging Oakland Athletics in the second half and fell out of contention in September.

On 6 April, it was announced that PSV had been placed in the KNVB's financial category 3, the healthiest category, based on the financial strength of the club.

In those dark and close quarters, Heracles stunned the beast with his club and, using his immense strength, strangled it to death.

As a Mok, Ookla has great strength, usually fighting by ripping up a nearby sapling or piece of wreckage to club his enemies.

During the life of the festival, in 1999, the organisers launched the Bexhill 100 Motoring Club, so although the Festival no longer exists, the club still goes from strength to strength, and their committee organises each year, the Bexhill 100 Motoring Club Classic Car Show held on August bank holiday Monday in the Polegrove, Bexhill.

Initially unable to play his bass, he rebuilt his strength with intense woodshedding and practice as well as live club gigs where he performed sets of Stooges covers with Hellride in California and with J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr. drummer Murph in New York under the name Hellride East.

For example, the pawn ( represented by knights on the ' light ' side and goblins on the ' dark ' side ) attacks quickly, but has very little strength ; its weapon, a sword or club, has limited reach and power.

For most of the years since the 1920s the club operated in the Mid-Wales League, or the Central Wales League as it was sometimes known, winning the championship in 1975 – 76, 1978 – 79, 1981 – 82, 1986 – 87 and 1987 – 88 – on the strength of this record, the club gained entry to the English league system in the HFS Loans ( Northern Premier ) League.

Physically he is extremely strong and durable, demonstrating his strength in a number of scenes including one where he crushes a golf ball with one hand, as well as during the climactic fight scene with Bond in which he is struck in the chest by a gold bar thrown at him, and struck in the head with a wooden object used as a club.

Theo Epstein was quoted as saying that " I think the bullpen is already a strength of the club, but acquiring a pitcher the caliber of Eric Gagné only makes it stronger and helps give us what we hope will be a truly dominant bullpen for the remainder of the year.

Currently managed by ex-Scotland captain and Arsenal player Pauline MacDonald, the club is going from strength to strength attracting new players on a consistent basis.

Kirk is outmatched by Khan's genetically-superior physical strength, but he manages to pull a tool from a console, and using it as a club, knocks Khan out.

Many argue that northern soul was instrumental in creating a network of clubs, DJs, record collectors and dealers in the UK, and was the first music scene to provide the British charts with records that sold entirely on the strength of club play.

In 2006, little was expected from the club after a lacklustre 2005 season, but despite some doubt over the strength of their side, the Bulldogs ' impressive forward pack helped them to a better than expected result for the year, finishing just a game short of the Grand Final, in which they lost to eventual premiers the Brisbane Broncos.

After departing, Stuart and Fisk also cited fractured relationships with Chairman Damian Irvine as a reason for their departure however it is widely agreed that the club has gone from strength to strength in the absence of Stuart and Fisk and under Irvine's guidance.

The 1993 – 94 season saw the club reach a cup final for the third year running, this time it was The Birmingham Senior Cup Final where, at The Bescot Stadium, the club were beaten 3 – 0 by a full strength Walsall team.

The Macleod family was a strength that at times has held the club together for many years and there is over 100 years experience at the club between the family.

After a 1991 season when the club couldn't qualify for the play-offs, the Panthers returned to their former strength from 1992 onwards, the club experiencing a second golden era until 1996.

On 8 August 1972, Rines ' Raytheon DE-725C sonar unit, operating at a frequency of 200 kHz and anchored at a depth of, identified a moving target ( or targets ) estimated by echo strength to be in length.

The optimal depth depends on factors such as the skater's weight, ability, strength, sporting activity, and ( for ice hockey ) style of play.

Technical and economic feasibility are evaluated based on the following: regional geologic conditions ; overburden characteristics ; coal seam continuity, thickness, structure, quality, and depth ; strength of materials above and below the seam for roof and floor conditions ; topography ( especially altitude and slope ); climate ; land ownership as it affects the availability of land for mining and access ; surface drainage patterns ; ground water conditions ; availability of labor and materials ; coal purchaser requirements in terms of tonnage, quality, and destination ; and capital investment requirements.

where is the strength of the gravity field and " deep " means that the depth is greater than half of the wavelength.

This is not the case for the cloud tops, which can vary widely from cloud to cloud, as the depth of the cloud is determined by the strength of local convection.

His long poems have a certain narrative and psychological penetration, and some of his lyrics have a strength of melody to match their depth of thought.

However, each volume will inevitably lean toward the personal emphasis of its author, and within any commentaries there may be great variety in the depth, accuracy, and critical or theological strength of each volume.

National circuit debate is generally characterized by its extremely fast manner of speaking ( 300 wpm is not considered an uncommon speed to read a case at ), use of jargon, and emphasis on strength / depth of argumentation rather than rhetoric.

She is also realizing the strength and depth of a mother's love for her child.

The strength of Raikes ’ history was the depth of first-hand memoirs ; Boyd ’ s in his use of, and extensive quotations from, the source material.

His fame was in accordance with the general tenor of his life ; even in Austria a true understanding for his genius was late in coming, and not until the centenary of 1891 did the German-speaking world realize that it possessed in him a dramatic poet of the first rank ; in other words, that Grillparzer was no mere Epigone of the classic period, but a poet who, by a rare assimilation of the strength of the Greeks, the imaginative depth of German classicism and the delicacy and grace of the Spaniards, had opened up new paths for the higher dramatic poetry of Europe.

Boasting one of the league's most balanced squads that also had strength in depth, the Trail Blazers chalked up an impressive 35 – 15 record and topped the division.

At the time, Victoria had so much depth that their Second XI was of comparable strength to the first-choice teams from other states.

In 1928 these three clubs and Athletic Bilbao became founding members of La Liga, demonstrating further the strength in depth of the Basque canteras at the time.

A replacement for the Cheltenham Gold Cup – the Gold Trophy Chase – was contested at Sandown in late April, but the Racing Post stated that this " lacked any strength in depth and was no substitute for the Gold Cup ".

This underlined these countries ' strength in depth of athletes as — unlike the World Championships — there was no limit on the number of athletes representing a specific nation.

The wealth of the Top 14 clubs has led them to attract a large number of international players, and to build teams with more depth in strength ( in 2011, Top 14 clubs could have as many as 45 players to compare with 33 for Leicester Tigers, 2010 Premiership winner ).

Engineered wood products such as I-joists gain strength from the depth of the floor or the height of each joist.

Meanwhile, the value of patrolling in depth and in sufficient strength to disrupt Viet Cong efforts to concentrate their forces was also emphasised and while no change to the pattern of Australian operations occurred, when a significant engagement was possible patrols would be required to be a minimum of company-size and platoons and companies would be required to operate close enough to reinforce each other rapidly to prevent a sub-unit from becoming isolated.

When Japanese men were asked what Jones ’ face signified, they said to them his face signified ruggedness, depth, character, worldliness, and strength ( McCaughan, 2007 ).

Mesh size, twine strength, as well as net length and depth are all closely regulated to reduce bycatch of non-target species.

Despite a strong performance, he could not attain a starting position in the team, highlighting Spain's strength in depth.

Its strength stems from the quality of its soil – the characteristic layer of gravel forcing the roots of the vine to go to extra depth to reach its nutrients, as well as retaining additional heat to see it through the cooling winds from the Atlantic away to the west.

He possesses exceptional abilities, including the ability to breathe underwater and withstand extreme depth pressures, and superhuman strength.