"This campaign, our campaign -- more importantly, your campaign -- is going to be a celebration of American values," Mr. Edwards told the crowd that welcomed him and Mr. Kerry at the airport, suggesting that "if any Americans have any doubt about the strength and backbone of this man," they should consult the people Mr. Kerry served alongside in Vietnam.
You need to show enough strength and backbone to protect yourself - don't insult her, or join in with name-calling or being a jerk - just stand up, state the problem, say what you expect from here on out, and then hope that all the rest of the people there are decent enough to back you up.
This means, naturally, that they are possessed of more strength of character and backbone when facing finance directors intent on cooking the books.American auditors now face strict new laws on audit independence.
Mary Kalikawe, owner of Kiroyera Tours and chair of the Association of Women in Tanzania, says: "Women have been invisible and unheard for too long, yet they are the backbone, strength and wisdom of our country.
"It gives you backbone, strength and the desire to go and get your teeth into the next two games".
"When is our party going to show a little backbone and strength and courage and speak up for those people who have been left behind?" Mr. Obama, as if picking up where the last debate left off, also quickly pounced on Mrs. Clinton as an old-style politician who was not being forthright with voters.
To him, there are matters of principle, honor and backbone.
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The hysteretic law has a trilinear backbone curve, and is characterised by pinching, post-peak softening, strength and stiffness degradation.
The uncharged backbone of PNA makes PNA/DNA or PNA/RNA hybridization independent to salt concentration, ionic strength, and changes in pH.
