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Word: spineless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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Actually there is little likelihood that the Vatican will ever beatify indomitable Zita's husband. Kaiser Karl was a devout Catholic, led a respectable life, was conscientious as an army officer. His fault was that, flaccid and morally spineless to a degree, he was trusted from one moment to the next by no one, from his great- uncle Franz Josef I to his royal "cousin" Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. The two years (1916-18) in which he wore the slightly age-battered crown of St. Stephen were a succession of backings and fillings and unfulfilled political pledges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: The Zeal of Zita | 8/11/1930 | See Source »

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