'Exert' means to apply force on influence over something else, this can be in a negative or positive way. In this quotation, it means that language, if used correctly, has the ability to express a 'hidden power'. It's also worth mentioning that the simile is relevant as the moon has an influence on the level of tides on Earth.
The Statue of Liberty is modeled after the Roman goddess of freedom, Libertas. ... It took 30 years for the Statue of Liberty to change colors from copper to green. Lady Liberty's torch symbolizes enlightenment. The Statue's official name shows off its most important symbol, “Liberty Enlightening the World.”
Gehrig<span> was known as the </span>Iron Horse<span> because he established a record for the number of consecutive games played by a professional baseball player, appearing in 2130 consecutive games from 1925 to 1939. His record was broken in 1995 by Cal Ripkin, Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles.</span>
Answer: Destroying food resources is more damaging than the use of weapons.
Explanation:
In the aforementioned article, the author explains how using starvation and food insecurity as weapons of war by destroying food resources, can be more damaging than the use of weapons.
Destroying food resources can threaten entire populations as they may starve to death while weapons cannot regularly do so. For instance, Germany could have implemented food destruction policies in WWII that would have killed 20 million Russians and the starvation of Biafra by the Nigerian government during the Biafran war killed many times more Biafrans by the armed conflict did.
