A bitter harvest

Submitted by David W. Lincoln (Canada), Nov 12, 2013 at 12:14

The weakening of the US, and this leads to the stiffening of spines elsewhere.

This smacks of the second option, because strengthening due to the weakening of others - this is not the same as rising to the occaision when danger approaches.

For rising to the occasion does not depend on what anyone else does.

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