Word: loath
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That they decided to take the plunge right before an international conference indicates that they feel themselves in a strong position. The United States cannot interfere officially, for fear of being accused of meddling in Latin American affairs. And the other American states are loath to act, both through fear of being identified with the U.S. against Argentina and because of the economic and military power of Peron's government...
...Hicks. Margaret's best friends in Independence today are the half-dozen girls who lived within a block of her grandmother's house during her early schooldays. Bess, loath to have Margaret stray far from home, encouraged them all to come and play on Mrs. Wallace's lawn, where there were swings and a slide to lure them, and in the capacious Wallace attic and basement. There was an old slave quarters in a backyard close by, which had done time as a henhouse in its later years. There Margaret and her friends organized a club known...
...things with which Richards is charged are so extreme, they obscure the basic issue. The present F.C.C. rules say that a station may present its views provided they are identified as editorial mat- ter and the opposition is given equal time to reply. But radio men have been loath to take advantage of this provision, mainly because of ambiguities in the commission's statements...
...give it his smiling benediction, and no one doubted that it was primarily his doing. By it Germany broke through British-French 'encirclement,' freed herself from the necessity of fighting on two fronts at the same time. .Without the Russian pact, German generals would certainly have been loath to go into military action. With it, World War II began...
...genuine efforts to find peaceful settlements. Our attitude is not inflexible, our opinions are not frozen, our positions are not and will not be obstacles to peace. But it takes more than one to cooperate . . . We are always ready to discuss, to negotiate, to agree, but we are understandably loath to play the role of international sucker . . . We want peace, but not at any price...