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The program has conducted numerous tests, including environmental, ground and flight tests, to ensure the fuze withstands multiple difficult environments, such as acceleration, vibration and thermal environments expected during missile launch and ballistic reentry.

Meanwhile, the mood in Kyiv has grown tense as the city withstands missile attacks and officials await word from Washington on approval of the aid, said Shelby Magid, deputy director of the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council, which advocates for American cooperation with Europe.

“Teams that seem to be in it every year, there is a bond that I think is created that withstands ups and downs,” Roberts said.

“His journey is a hero’s journey, and he certainly withstands a lot of pressure and does some very admirable things over the course of the play. But I don’t think he’s a totally straightforward hero.”

“Having a facility like FIU’s that can test a full-scale structure and how it withstands water and wind—that can save lives,” says David Merrick, director of the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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