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The friends of the administration, which in 1964 meant most of the nation, were jubilant. It was much later that Morse’s prophetic words were recalled: I believe that history will record that we have made a great mistake in subverting and circumventing the Constitution of the United States… by means of this resolution. As I argued earlier today at great length, we are in effect giving the President… warmaking powers in the absence of a declaration of war. I believe that to be a historic mistake. Johnson signed the document the day it was passed, August 7. Eight months later he told a group of visitors with a grin, “For all I know our Navy was shooting at whales out there.”
The Glory and the Dream
William Manchester
Yet the Russian Federation—Russia—still looms over the newly independent states. It sprawls across the map, encompassing eleven time zones from Europe in the west to the tip of the Chukotka Peninsula in the Far East, just sixty miles across the Bering Strait from Alaska. Its population is only half that of the Soviet Union, and in 2019, its economy was only slightly larger than Spain’s—although Spain has only a third of the population and ceased being a great power in the eighteenth century. Yet Russia still has formidable accoutrements of power. It has scale. It has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons and missiles and considerable cyber skills. It has the determination to project itself on the world stage. And it has natural resources—particularly vast amounts of oil and gas that underpin its place in the world.
The New Map
Daniel Yergin
But it starts with finger strength—which, unfortunately, is another thing that we have sacrificed to comfort and convenience. Back when we carried things, we had to have strong hands to survive. No longer. Many of us don’t really even use our hands for much besides typing and swiping. This weakness means pushing and pulling movements bring a higher risk for elbow and shoulder injury. Because we are not “training” grip in our daily lives, we must be deliberate in our workouts, focusing on initiating movement with the hands and utilizing all the fingers with our upper body movements. Adding carries to your training is a great way to train grip, but it is important always to be mindful of what your fingers are doing and how force is being transmitted through them.
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