Word: pinpricks
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...educated young men and women has been outraged too many times. The invasion of the Ruhr was a tremendous victory for all those Germans whom Americans in general regard as "reactionaries," the shooting down of German workmen at Essen at Easter time in 1923 was another, and every pinprick, big or small, has reduced still more the strength of the parties of the Left in Germany. Without the help of France, there would probably still be Socialists in the German cabinet and General von Hindenburg would most likely not be President...
...being rushed into this already intense area. The Germans are still busy increasing their passive resistance. The position is comparable to an over-inflated balloon ; it will not hold any more " air " without bursting. Even as it is, Britain and Italy are itching to supply the almost irresistible pinprick...