The President directed Administrator Fugate to ensure that FEMA was prepared regardless of the ultimate strength and impact of the storm.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

But silence is often the ultimate strength.

FORBES: Sometimes, Silence is Golden

Much as Democrats overreached in pushing their original legislation, however, I suspect they are over-reading the likely impact of the summit and their ultimate vote strength for the split-the-Democratic difference plan the president unveiled on Monday.

FORBES

Energy is the foundation of Putin's ultimate source of strength: the widespread support of the Russian people.

FORBES: Energy Tsar

The Kargil operation was an attempt to move into the third phase without the strength to carry it through to its ultimate objective or the ability to sustain a long-drawn-out conflict with a numerically superior opponent.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan: Retreat | The

The capital increase allows Deutsche Bank to act from a position of strength with only modest dilution to shareholders, while putting the bank's ultimate 10% capital-ratio target within reach, the lender said in a slide show for an analyst call scheduled for Tuesday morning.

WSJ: Deutsche Bank Rallies on Capital Boost