Word: loathings
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...problems, was appalled by the decision, which overturned Baldwin's conviction. In his dissent, Harlan warned that the result may increase the city's court delays by "a factor of eight." Moreover, the present courtrooms do not even have jury boxes. Since the state legislature may be loath to pay for adequate courtrooms and increased personnel, it .looks as though New York City may have to dismiss more cases, encourage other defendants to waive jury trials, or rely on the legislature to cut the penalty for many offenses to six months or less...
Washington was loath to disturb the shaky calm that has settled over Jordan since the fighting in Amman ended. King Hussein survived an assassination attempt and the street battles that killed an estimated 250 people. But the conflict was the third such hostile episode between King and fedayeen, and Hussein's power has been sapped by each confrontation...
...remaining corrupt, incompetent or lazy generals has been delayed indefinitely. ARVN's lack of helicopters and pilots has slowed development of truly independent ARVN strike forces. And even at 950,000 men, ARVN is 150,000 men below strength, according to the Vietnamization timetable; Thieu is loath to make up the shortage for fear of upsetting the fragile economy and, in turn, his own political position...
...loath to put a name on it. It is definitely not the Chekhovian motivational mode. and it's not the special bodily technique of the Serpent. In Endgame. the route we took certainly involved motivational relationship and interaction. The product as one sees it is involved with theatricality by which I mean the consciousness of the presence of the audience...
...time the plane had landed, all Japan knew about the skyjacking. The Japanese government was loath to allow the plane to fly to Pyongyang, since Japan has no relations with North Korea and thus might never get its plane back. But the skyjackers were adamant. They held swords to the throats of the crew members while the jet took on 30,000 Ibs. of jet fuel. The skyjackers made only one concession: they released 22 women, children and an old man. Then the plane lifted off toward the Asian mainland...