Word: weakly
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Bessarabia, the Russian commented that it "has always been part of Russia and was taken away when we were weak. We asked for its return and a satisfactory agreement was made...
...most hair raising experience took place in the Belgian Congo when he was poaching elephants. Since elephant tusks weigh 400 to 500 pounds and ivory is worth $2.50 to $5.00 a pound, many hunters took advantage of the weak administration in the Congo to shoot elephants illegally. Elephant hunting can be very dangerous because although the huge beasts are clumsy and have poor eyesight, they have a keen smell and become infuriated at the presence...
Into Sir John's old job went weak-eyed, strong-willed Herbert Morrison, a Laborite who knew London's problems from having lived in its slums and having battled to get rid of them while running the London County Council. Succeeding Morrison in the key post of Minister of Supply was cold, shrewd Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, chairman of the Executive Committee of the British Iron and Steel Federation, who moved up from Presidency of the Board of Trade. Into the Board of Trade went handsomely mustached Captain Oliver Lyttelton, who, before the war, was managing director...
From the opening bell, young Zivic went after Armstrong's weak spots: his eyes and mouth, puckered with old scar tissue. By the tenth round, the champ was a bleeding blind man. While he stumbled and groped, mumbling "If I could only see-" Zivic slashed him with savage rights and lefts. Through five of the most brutal rounds ever seen in the Garden, Armstrong took his bloody punishment. In the 15th, more from a shove than a wallop, he toppled to the floor-just saved from a knockout by the final bell...
...other countries, instead of meddling in the affairs of poor old Japan, who is only looking out for her people by taking over a few small islands in the Pacific and all of China. In other words, the United States should sneak up on Canada while she is pitifully weak and unprotected, and annex it, as Italy would do if given half a chance...