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Word: flexuous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...Without the help of the Communist armies Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek cannot hope to defeat Japan. But Chiang must not pay so dearly for their help that, in the event of a victory over Japan, the Communists would control the Chinese Government. So Chiang has had to follow a flexuous policy of giving the Communists enough arms, money and freedom of action to keep them fighting against Japan, but not enough to let them maneuver themselves into a commanding position in South China. Against such an attempted maneuver, Chiang last week appeared to have outmaneuvered the Communists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Chiang and the Communists | 2/3/1941 | See Source »

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