Word: weaknessness
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The U.S. public turned fiercely on any manifestation of weakness. P.O.W.s who collaborated were condemned as a disgrace to the U.S. military tradition. Marine Colonel Frank Schwable, who confessed under sustained torture to the U.S. use of germ warfare, was cleared by a court of inquiry, but his career was...
Roisman, a fastidious man who always kept a hairbrush and a box of Sen Sen in his violin case, was fond of detective novels and long walks. The gregarious Alexander frequently went off to organize a party, or a concert, of his own. Kroyt loved nothing better than a fishing...
Brown's strength at defense has been Harvard's weakness. "We need to tighten up in our own zone." Weiland said. 'We hay have been too offensively-minded and we've suffered for it."
Actually, the French economy is not as sick as many Frenchmen seem to suspect. Owing to tight currency controls, the huge speculative outflow of francs has been stopped. Some $500 million in francs has returned to France in the past month. Furthermore, despite the franc's recent weakness, France...
Steinbeck published two other novels -The Pastures of Heaven, To a God Unknown-before Tortilla Flat, in 1935, became a bestseller. In Dubious Battle, dealing with an apple pickers' strike in California and the workers' exploitation by both capitalists and Communist organizers, further established his reputation, and Of...