Good wordsa. adversaries b. asymmetrical c. budding d. envisaged e. erodef. projecting g. prowess h. saw i. shady j.supplant1. Despite a ______ recovery, the United States is hardly the model of economic health that it once was.2. On several issues – from steel tariffs to the resurgent deficit to ______ corporate practices – America has demonstrated a growing failure of leadership.3. Now that it’s apparently fading on so many counts, the question remains: is Europe willing and prepared to do what the United States once did, in order to ______ it?4. This maybe a normal market cycle, but there will be consequences. Among others, European companies will see their U.S. profits ______ .5. In Afghanistan, the American military disapproved the old ______ that generals are always ready to fight the last war.6. We did it through a powerful combination of technological ______ and information warfare.7. The Bush Administration is asking for an increase in the defense budget of almost $50 billion this year and, by 2007, an additional $100 billion more than the Clinton administration ______ .8. The terrorists’ arsenal is ______ , ranging from low-cost, low-tech military hardware up to weapons of mass destruction.9. We must respond to this threat accordingly, ______ effective military power with ever greater rapidity into location on the planet.10. That’s why these new ______ plan to strike directly at cultural, political, and population targets.