Word: difficult
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Find Withdrawal Difficult...
Gardner reports that the Japanese "can hardly afford to remain long under present conditions, but withdrawal is difficult without serious loss of prestige...
...Japanese, who so far have succeeded in destroying neither the Chinese government nor any considerable Chinese army, have failed also, Gardner stated, in their attempts at economic exploitation, thereby putting themselves in "a more difficult dilemma...
...Harvard will see more flying footballs than ever before this year, but they won't be too dangerous if the Elis have to resort to passing as a last-ditch measure. The Harlow aerial shelters have not received a real test since the Penn game and their strength is difficult to estimate. Cautious Yale did not fill the air with passes against Princeton, but these may be their only dangerous offensive gestures Saturday...
...this is the traditional method of applying paint to a canvas, the method used by all of the Old Masters. When you are standing perhaps fifty yards away from this colored pole which is no longer revolving, your eye mixes the tones for you, and it is rather difficult to distinguish between the red, the blue, and the white: this is Impressionism as far as its technique is concerned. The Impressionistic painter usually represents a momentary glimpse, one aspect of any chosen subject in this manner...