Word: falterer
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...despite its defeat in basketball, the U.S. did not falter in the epitome of American sports, baseball. The Americans took home the gold...
Stickwomen Falter...
...United Nations, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar successfully called upon the two countries to end all hostilities on Aug. 20. As evidence of its goodwill, Iraq announced that the fighting would stop, and Iran issued a cease-fire order. One day later, however, the truce threatened to falter as charges were exchanged. Baghdad contended that Iran was still shelling Iraqi forces. Tehran charged that Baghdad was still using poison gas to dislodge Kurdish separatists from a mountain stronghold in the Erbil province of northeastern Iraq. Iran claimed that the two-week-old offensive had already injured 63 civilians...
...invasion that crushed the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Kadar was initially reviled as the "Butcher of Budapest" for his role in the brutal repression that followed. He later gained popularity with his bold economic experiments, which gave the country more than a decade of prosperity. But the economy began to falter in the late 1970s, leading to a sharp decline in living standards...
...knowledge that she is too "pallid" to be a worthy offspring of this latter-day Artemis. Lisa's husband is understandably terrified of his mother-in-law too. "Damp handshake, damp opinions," sighs Claudia with a snob's sere accuracy. "At the very sight of me his vowels falter...