Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...face of the Russian peace offensive and the United States' seeming intention to reduce its military manpower, Europe has shown a stedily decreasing desire to act as a buffer zone for a "Fortress America." European leaders are finding it difficult to convince their people and themselves that a great manpower build-up on their part will place them in an advantageous position to maintain national sovereignty...
...addition, the economic position of the Negro makes it difficult for him to leave the South for his education even if he wants to. Only with highly exceptional students can Eastern schools provide the amount of financial aid which a Southern Negro student often requires...
Yeat's version of the Greek tragedy offers its difficulties--the longer speeches include a number of passages obviously difficult to enunciate clearly--but it is still admirably suited for a modern audience because it stresses the excitement which the play contains. The director, D.J. Sullivan, understands this fact and has recreated Oedipus as a truly gripping piece of theater. Furthermore he and Harold Scott, who portrays the King, also understand the subtle rhythms of the tragedy, for in their hands the play rises through a beautifully timed series of climaxes to the point where Oedipus' anguished scream announces that...
...devalue its pound, thus make British goods more attractive for export customers. But Britain has no intention of devaluing, instead hopes to solve her problem by stemming inflation and lowering spending abroad. The government has raised the bank rate on credit, boosted purchase taxes and made installment buying more difficult. Still, few experts see much chance for improvement before...
What made their jobs even more difficult Saturday was that they were both being compared constantly to Ralph Thompson, Tufts' experienced T-formation signal caller. In comparison with these often awkward and undeceptive neophytes, Thompson was the picture of ease...