The son of a Hungarian immigrant, who did not go to one of France's elite schools, Sarkozy had to fight his way to the top of politics by sheer strength of will.
Ever since the 1992 Summer Olympics revealed the city in its post-Franco glory, Barcelona has moved from strength to strength, becoming one of the world's most visited cities for its architectural icons and culinary and cultural bona fides.
But the collection's strength is American painting to 1945, and it boasts one of the greatest American landscapes ever painted, Frederic Edwin Church's "Niagara" (1857).
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Families of every makeup continue to guide our country's progress by supporting one another with unshakable devotion and instilling strength of character in their children.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- National Family Week, 2012
Plymouth's strength as a media centre is shored up by being home to one of the biggest independent production houses outside London, Twofour Productions at Estover.
As a metric to determine the relative strength of a team, it's not a very convincing one.
In the last two weeks the strength of England's assault has been in their ability to have every one of their players contributing with match-winning performances.
Even though the cult comedy series, Father Ted, about three hapless priests living on the fictitious Craggy Island filmed its last episode in 1998, such was the strength of its fan-base that it gave rise to one of the country's zaniest get-togethers, Tedfest.
One plus is that it has sapped the euro's strength, which will help Irish exporters to sell more to America and Britain, their two biggest markets.
But Peter Reid's outfit will be at full strength as they bid to improve on a dismal return of just one point from three Premiership games.
First, they underestimated the strength of General Dostam's one-time ally, Ahmad Shah Masoud, who continues to hold out in the mountains and high passes of the Panjshir Valley, in the east of the country.
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