Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...grave repercussions upon the war effort and the future of the world, is happening in a country which is not only agriculturally one of the richest areas on the earth's surface, but normally one of the best equipped with modern machinery. . . . Very nearly every possible handicap has been placed on the production of more food and even of maintaining the normal supply...
...handle this whirlwind of business, Bell Aircraft expanded again & again, built another large plant, boosted employment from 60 to over 10,000. Result: squadrons of Bell Airacobras now fight in Britain, Australia and Russia, have knocked down as many as 39 German planes with only one loss. Their big handicap: an effective fighting ceiling less than 15,000 feet...
...greatest handicap of the Japanese is their lack of imagination. They carry out orders to the letter and, if necessary, to death. But when things go wrong, they cannot adapt their tactics. If Jap attackers meet resistance, they advance anyhow-which accounts for the terrible slaughter to which Japanese troops submit themselves...
...last week no reservation had been made for Whirlaway, the horse Promoter Pagliai wants above all for the Hipódromo's biggest race: The May 30 Handicap de las Américas, worth 100,000 pesos to the winner...
Enlisted Reserve Corps men report for duty on the same general conditions as if they stayed in college until called. They suffer no handicap because of voluntary withdrawal, V-1 and V-7 men, however, must report as apprentice seamen if they leave college without completing the work required by the Navy...