Word: bogged
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...home to Britons, they were struck with two fears. One was that rash American action would lead Britain into war with the locust-like Chinese masses-a war for which this country was as unripe psychologically as it was ill-prepared militarily. The other was that U.S. power would bog itself down in the bottomless quagmire of China, leaving Europe an unprotected plum to be plucked by the Russians at will...
...only time when the orchestra seemd to bog down was in the second, movement of the Haydn. It was taken quite slowly and the orchestra was unable to sustain the notes successfully. But all in all old-time Orchestra patrons had quite a few pleasant surprises last night...
Coach Eddie Casey faced a similar problem in 1932. He benched all his regular starting backfield except his quarterback and then watched his offense bog down. Holy Cross was within the Crimson ten yard line three times but was unable to score. Finally Harvard made good its one scoring opportunity in the fourth quarter...
...wish to point out an additional reason for banning the word "Spasibo" in the Soviet Union [TIME, July 3]. Although used as "Thank you" ... it really means "God save (keep) you" (compounded from spasat, to save, and Bog, God). How could a self-respecting Communist use such a word...
...long stories in Two Adolescents add to his shine. In each of them Author Moravia tackles one of writing's trickiest problems, telling what happens to a boy in the transition between childhood and manhood. Writers describing this haunting, tragicomic change of life too often bog down in self-pity and autobiography. But Moravia has pared away all egocentric mush from these two hardheaded stories. They have the clarity and bite of a good, dry Orvieto wine...