The grippers were also sent after a tough target to test their strength, bovine bladder tissue.
He had even made it through Ranger school, the Army's toughest test of strength and endurance.
To Drechsler, a former junior national champion, Olympic weight lifting remains the finest test of strength ever devised.
The response to the Woolwich killing will test the strength of these improvements.
The Bharatiya Janata Party said it hadn't taken a call on moving a motion in Parliament to test the strength of the government.
The sound is captured on super sensitive recording equipment, the sort normally used in industry to test the strength of bridges or planes.
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Extreme adventurists travel to Ouray, Colorado, from all over the world to test their strength, skill and stamina on the vertical walls of ice.
For the community of plant scientists, and its supporters in government and the wider world of science, this is a vital test of strength.
The race is always a test of strength, stamina and technique.
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In both cases the underlying momentum is a test of strength.
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They were able to test the strength of the NHLPA, with the added bonus of reigning in salaries and imposing a stricter cap if the arbitrator ruled in their favor.
The evaluation period, during which experts will be asked to test the strength and speed of each proposal, will end April, 1999, and the list will be narrowed down to five top proposals.
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Government-controlled Ally Financial, the rescued former finance arm of General Motors, was the only bank to fail the test of capital strength.
Test this electoral strength against, say, the might of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and it seems like a scimitar taking on an Uzi.
The election, for local-level officials, will be a test of the strength of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political bloc as well as the ability of security forces to keep the country safe.
As such, the real test of the strength and longevity of this recent rally will not come from the first short-term correction of a few percentage points, for buyers will show up on these first forays down.
The real test of an airlines strength is not how well it does in boom times but how well it does over a cycle.
The show had been a true test of courage and strength and had brought with it valuable lessons in how to run a show.
She is put through a mini-bullfight complete with a matador, picadores (lancers on horseback) and banderilleros (who thrust barbed darts into the animal) to test her speed, strength and instinct to charge.
Computer modeling allows today's auto engineers to precisely design vehicles, engines and transmissions, down to the smallest detail, for maximum strength without having to repeatedly build and test actual components over and over along the way, said Quinnell.
The continued strength of the market rally now makes a test of the November lows less likely.
Your vote this spring on the Peacekeeper missile will be a critical test of our resolve to maintain the strength we need and move toward mutual and verifiable arms reductions.
The real test will be whether the spending leads to strength in investment and consumption.
What they need to do is get on with it and show their strength in depth, but this week is a massive test for them.
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Technically, a high yield test would be self-evidently a sign of national strength.
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The Black and Ambers played well despite being well below strength, resting key players in readiness for Tuesday's much tougher home test against Llanelli.
That poses a huge test for the Church of England and its claims to be a source of national strength.
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