Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character. From LearnThat.org. [Tony Robbins]
The scope of the crucible is always brought home to me by one single moment: The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff on January 30, 1945. From Wordnik.com. [A conversation with bestselling author Chris Bohjalian about his novel, Skeletons at the Feast] Reference
Bollingen, which Jung considered his alchemical crucible, is dismissed by Giegerich as. From Wordnik.com. [Romanticism, Alchemy, and Psychology] Reference
Gooch's crucible, which is then dried and weighed. From Wordnik.com. [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference
The crucible was a 40-person raid on the dungeonlike Core. From Wordnik.com. [Gaming: Embedded In Azeroth] Reference
High-speed steel is melted by two general types of furnace, known as crucible and electric. From Wordnik.com. [The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel] Reference
But the crucible was the crucible of pity, not of love; that, too, he knew, and, knowing it, forbore. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress Wilding] Reference
The subject matter is difficult enough; a story set in the so-called crucible of terror, on the border area between. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The crucible is a container where you put an element, place it in the fire and heat it so that you burn away all but the pure element. From Wordnik.com. [Looking for the place where Islam is flourishing in the United States? It’s the suburbs] Reference
Biden just killed McCain with that "crucible" comment. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Hails Biden's Character, Links It To Foreign Policy Expertise] Reference
This is sometimes called crucible steel. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
Their theories have come through the 'crucible' intact. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
It is this kind of crucible in which basketball legacies are forged, and LeBron's is being made right before his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Sports News : CBSSports.com] Reference
"crucible" for testing ideas about the behavior of dynamical (or nonlinear, or complex, or chaotic) systems. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
But 'neath my heart's one crucible love lit its fusing fire. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
Such is the cruel crucible that either makes you or breaks you. From Wordnik.com. [Smiling Over Irma Thomas] Reference
Anthony Ward's set pours color into Peter Brook's white crucible. From Wordnik.com. [Love On The Run] Reference
This is the crucible from which is distilled the alembic of power. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
"We need a crucible to understand what our customers want," he said. From Wordnik.com. [MetroPCS Launches LTE Network in Las Vegas] Reference
From this crucible can emerge personal competencies and self-confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference
The next generation will be those who have come through the crucible of Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Let’s Not Kid Ourselves] Reference
The crucible for GoLoco will be whether people are willing to open that car door. From Wordnik.com. [Baby, You Can Drive In My Car—Via Web] Reference
Scarred in the crucible of racism, he vowed to live like the people who saved him. From Wordnik.com. [Shipwreck survivor recalls how town altered his idea of race] Reference
After the woman had placed her crucible upon the fire, she turned to Nika, saying. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Both of us were forged politically during the crucible of the civil rights movement. From Wordnik.com. [Our Divisive President] Reference
Emerging from that crucible, Hart in 1974 made what seemed a longshot stab for a U.S. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Gary Hart's New Memoir Shows the Continuity in Contemporary History] Reference
Not only is New England the crucible for some of the nation's proudest political ideals. From Wordnik.com. [LESSONS FROM NEW ENGLAND] Reference
With more than a million Black residents, Chicago should be the crucible of new beneficiaries. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Anderson: Where Are the Winners Now?] Reference
But there I knew I was again at the crucible, which was: Is it going to be me wanting to be liked?. From Wordnik.com. [Siskel and Ebert's 'At The Movies' Takes Final Bow] Reference
The sulphate of iron, put in a small crucible, and lightly calcined, produces a suitable red oxide. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Credit unions were authorized under federal law more than 75 years ago in the crucible of the Great Depression. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Cheney: Frustrate the Bankers: Give Credit Unions More Biz-Lending Authority] Reference
Izzard wound up his sold-out three-week gig last week at New York's P.S. 122, the legendary crucible for performance art. From Wordnik.com. [The Lounge Izzard] Reference
Through the crucible of centuries of religious wars in Europe, it became one of the founding tenets of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Philip Neches: Three Out of Ten?] Reference
The 1960s were the crucible that forged McCain's image of himself and gave him the political credentials he's built his career on. From Wordnik.com. [Stormy Weatherman] Reference
(Soundbite of song, "Red Rabbits") Mr. MERCER: (Singing) Out of a gunnysack of red rabbits, into the crucible to be rendered an emulsion. From Wordnik.com. [The Shins, 'Wincing the Night Away'] Reference
Ex-IOC boss Samaranch made legacy an Olympic crucible, which many IOC delegates still loyal to him tend to interpret as "bigger is better.". From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Race for 2012] Reference
One error denied his mates a tie, first place in Group A and an easier second-round game than their Fourth of July crucible against Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [The Kings Of The Nets] Reference
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