La Barre noted that the Indian users of the cactus took it to obtain visions for prophecy, healing and inner strength.

* In the early rounds Vargas used his natural strength ( he fights at a naturally higher weight ) to bully De La Hoya against the ropes and land right hands to the head and body ; however, in the middle and late rounds Vargas fatigued and De La Hoya's hand speed took over.

Expected reinforcements from Fort Duquesne had not arrived, the French military strength at La Galette was unknown, and its strength near Montreal was believed to be relatively high.

Guybrush is released and is able to amplify the strength of La Esponja, uses it to cure the pox, and kills De Singe to save his wife from his experiments.

The motto of MEChA is ' La Union Hace La Fuerza ' ( Unity makes strength ).

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.

Hence, De La Salle Canlubang was established in June 2003 in order to address the educational concerns of our nation with its youth as its strength.

In the game Wars and Warriors: Joan of Arc, La Hire is a playable character who is portrayed as a giant with stunning strength.

In the game, La Hire is depicted as a lion beastman warrior and mercenary, known for his overwhelming strength.

He was considered a rising star on the strength of his first starring role, in the Canadian romantic drama Sugar, based on short stories by Bruce La Bruce and directed by John Palmer.

Navarro was much improved in 2008, after working on his hitting and his strength in the Venezuelan Winter League with Tiburones de La Guaira, leading his team with a. 295 batting average and guiding his pitchers to the third-lowest ERA in the majors ( 3. 60 ) as of July 10.

Francine finally summons the strength to tell off La Rue.

# La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah-لا حول ولاقوة إلا بالله means " There is no power or strength except with Allah.

The fact that they chose the Đại La Citadel as the capital ( later renamed Thăng Long and subsequently Hà Nội ) showed that they held onto power due to economic strength and were liked by their subjects rather than by military means like prior dynasties.

As more men and women are made capable of living up to the challenge of decency the chances are improved that the pattern of predisposition prevailing in positions of strength in future crises can be favorably affected.

The chines go in the same way except that they are made of two pieces of two-inch wood for strength and easier bending.

A trial of strength, however, is made quite inevitable by virtue of the fact that anyone engaging in non-violent resistance will be convinced that his action is based on sounder values than those of his opponent ; ;

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.

Historian Allan Nevins argued that the newly inaugurated Lincoln made three miscalculations: underestimating the gravity of the crisis, exaggerating the strength of Unionist sentiment in the South, and not realizing the Southern Unionists were insisting there be no invasion.

Its great natural strength and situation, not far from the mouth of the Sis pass, and near the great road which debouched from the Cilician Gates, made Anazarbus play a considerable part in the struggles between the Byzantine Empire and the early Muslim invaders.

His loss of the empire's few remaining territories in Anatolia made the Ottoman Turks posed to expand into Europe as did its lack of strength following his reign to prevent the formation of the Serbian Empire.

For most players, many calls ( bids, doubles and redoubles, and sometimes even passes ) are not made with the intention that they become the final contract, but to describe the strength and distribution of the player's hand, so that the partnership can reach an informed conclusion on their best contract, and / or to obstruct the opponents ' bidding.

Since the Persian force obviously contained a high proportion of missile troops, a static defensive position would have made little sense for the Athenians ; the strength of the hoplite was in the melee, and the sooner that could be brought about, the better, from the Athenian point of view.

This step not only increased the mechanical strength of the axe, but also made penetration of wood easier.

It was paintings like these, depicting the great strength of patriotic sacrifice, that made David a popular hero of the revolution.

Wings were made thinner and swept back to reduce trans-sonic drag, which required new manufacturing methods to obtain sufficient strength.

However, Rome, fearing the growing strength of Hannibal in Iberia, made an alliance with the city of Saguntum, which lay a considerable distance south of the River Ebro and claimed the city as its protectorate.

Insulators made from porcelain rich in alumina are used where high mechanical strength is a criterion.

As economist Elgin Groseclose explained in 1958, it was ideas " drawn from Judeo-Christian Scriptures that have made possible the economic strength and industrial power of this country.

In order to bolster the defences of the kingdom against the growing strength of the Muslims, Baldwin III made the first direct alliance with the Byzantine Empire, by marrying Theodora Comnena, a niece of emperor Manuel ; Manuel married Baldwin's cousin Maria.

The K-metal in the story was a piece of Krypton which robbed Superman of his strength while giving humans superhuman powers, a plot point which decades later made its way into the TV series Smallville.

Lebanon reached the peak of its economic success in the mid-1960s – the country was seen as a bastion of economic strength by the oil-rich Persian Gulf Arab states, whose funds made Lebanon one of the world ’ s fastest growing economies.

BBC News reported that the scientists had made sonar contact with a large unidentified object of unusual size and strength.

The close proximity of both countries as well as the lake's flatness has caused occasional confusion with cell phone billing, since a call may be believed to have been made internationally, depending on the strength of the signal, and billed accordingly.

The 19th century brought a particular admiration for Leonardo's genius, causing Henry Fuseli to write in 1801: " Such was the dawn of modern art, when Leonardo da Vinci broke forth with a splendour that distanced former excellence: made up of all the elements that constitute the essence of genius ..." This is echoed by A. E. Rio who wrote in 1861: " He towered above all other artists through the strength and the nobility of his talents.

On the strength of a passage in The Illiad, it has been suggested that the palace was the site of a dancing-ground made for Ariadne by the craftsman Daedalus, where young men and women, of the age of those sent to Crete as prey for the Minotaur, would dance together.

These plastic casings are usually a composite material made up of a thermoplastic matrix such as acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene ( ABS ) in which calcium carbonate chalk, talc, glass fibers or carbon fibers have been added for added strength, bulk, or electrostatic dispersion.

This made airborne formations into mechanized infantry at the cost of reducing their " bayonet " strength, as the BMD could carry only three, or at most four, paratroopers in addition to its three-man crew.

This is largely due to the commercial strength of domestic productions, which accounted for 40 % of admissions in 2011 ( 35. 7 % in 2010 ; 45. 4 % in 2008 ).

Another milestone came on May 21, 2008, Fox took the No. 1 general households rating crown for the first time, based on the strength of Super Bowl XLII and American Idol.

The Belize National Police is a quasi-military unit in Belize with strength of 1200 sworn officers and 700 civilian staff ( 2008 ).

In the September 2008 newsletter, she reported that Latimer was gradually regaining strength and they are adopting a positive frame of mind that Camel will eventually be able to play a mini-tour and release a new studio album.

In 2008, Troy was ranked 22nd on a list of " Best Places to Live " in the United States by CNN Money, using criteria including housing, quality of education, economic strength, and recreational opportunities.

In 2008, carbon fiber and DuPont Kevlar ( five times stronger than steel ) were combined with enhanced thermoset resins to make military transit cases by ECS Composites creating 30-percent lighter cases with high strength.

The School's research excellence is recognised worldwide and the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise confirmed King's as one of the top two universities in the UK for health research strength.

In 2008, the Fiske Guide to Colleges praised the KU J-School for its strength.

In 2008, to determine which was the better team in 1925, USA Today statistician Jeff Sagarin analyzed the two teams ' statistics, including considerations for strength of schedule.

Its first hurricane warnings were issued in 2008 for Hurricane Kyle, which struck near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on September 28, 2008, and quickly became extratropical while maintaining much of its strength into New Brunswick and Labrador.

The eruption has continued intermittently into 2008, as of the end of February it was reported that the eruption appeared to be gathering strength, with a major outburst taking place on March 5.

Particular areas of strength under the broader umbrella of litigation include antitrust ( or competition law ), labor & employment ( which was named American Lawyer's 2008 practice group of the year ), and products liability.

AIG continued to have an advertisement in that spot on the fence during Shea Stadium's final season, but by the time of the final game in September 2008 and the stadium's demolition in the winter of that year, the " strength to be there " slogan had been replaced with two AIG logos and no additional text.

The Strongman Super Series, known from 2005 to 2008 as the World's Strongest Man Super Series and reverting in 2009 to the World Strongman Super Series, is a sequence of grand prix events in the sport of strength athletics.

In 2002, during the joint bid by Scotland and Ireland to host the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament, First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell cited the " worldwide reputation " of the Tartan Army as a strength of the bid, stating that other countries welcome their arrival " with open arms ".

Furthermore, the paper intended to reduce RAF trained strength from 48, 500 to 41, 000 by 1 April 2008.

In stark contrast, Hawthorn, the 2008 premiers, has managed to grow from strength to strength on and off the field.

As of 2008, the Italian Navy had a strength of 35, 200 active personnel with 72 ships ( excluding auxiliaries ) and around 80 aircraft.

On 26 May 2008, the ocean inexplicably receded 2½ – 3 metres before suddenly hitting the area with great strength.

After its latest rebrand in 2008, vtm regained strength with popular shows.

In the United States, ANSI standard 05. 1. 2008 governs wood pole sizes and strength loading.