Word: loath
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...Germany the penalty for absenteeism is death. In England and Australia it has been necessary to impose stiff fines. In the U.S. both labor leaders and management are still loath to follow British example. Both hope that the U.S. worker will wake up to his responsibilities...
Fighting Words. Congress has always been loath to tangle too closely with The Old Man of RFC, and the Truman Committee was no exception. Not so the Post, Washington's most potent newspaper, which burst out with a red-hot editorial, pointing out that Mr. Jones was hiding behind a screen of blame on the NDAC, the British, the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the President...
...came out of committee, the bill was already a fantastic compromise. Congress was loath to look economics in the eye, even in time of crisis...
...does not closely resemble the 50 destroyers traded to Britain (see cut, p.11), that British destroyers are not apt to be found roaming the ocean alone- they have convoy work to do. But the attack took place at noon. Since destroyers are submarine-killers, a submarine would be loath to attack at midday unless there was fog or storm (common in those waters). If visibility was low the U-boat commander may not have recognized the ship...
...Patterson's report sounded like a tremendous accomplishment. To a nation loath to drop its peacetime preoccupations with permanent-wave machines and shiny new automobiles for the grim business of arming for war, it was a tremendous accomplishment. But it was not enough. No one knew that better than Under Secretary Patterson. Said...