The relationship between Xi and Trump leaders of the world's two largest economies, a rising power and an addled power, straining to coexist may well prove to be the most consequential diplomatic liaison of its time.
The cowboy push by W. and Dick Cheney to be a hyperpower and an empire left America a weakened and tapped-out power, straining to defend its runaway capitalism even as it uneasily adapts to its desperation socialism.
An estimated two million immigrants, tens of thousands of them illegal, have come to Britain during Labour's 13 years in power, straining the country's health, welfare and educational systems.
The People's Party won additional seats in Parliament, and analysts said the vote portended more of the polarization that had accompanied its rise to power, straining Switzerland's tradition of consensus politics and tarnishing its image abroad as a bastion of tolerance.
More frequent flushes, as Mr. Martin urges, might strain the power grid, especially during the summer.
They're expressing themselves, exercising their bodies, feeling their powers, straining, tumbling, writhing.
Consider the war in Afghanistan, which overshadowed the visit and has the power to strain Mr Cameron's and Mr Obama's high-level bonding.
Power meters tiny strain gauges incorporated into pedal cranks, which transmit data to a handlebar-mounted computer first caught on among professional riders as a training aid in the early nineties.
For modeling hyperelastic behavior, power law strain energy function with variable material parameters is used.
Hyperelastic behavior is modeled by using proposed power law strain energy function with variable material parameters.
