Word: spined
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...solution is passable enough, the setting odd enough, the sleuth different enough, the condemned girl interesting enough for the play to have its points. But it swamps them in high-toned irrelevancy. It insists on becoming emotional, even spiritual. It prefers tear jerking to spine-tingling. It keeps slowing down to exhibit one of those suspicious half-wits that, by now, only another half-wit would suspect. As a whodunit, it suffers partly from not knowing its business, partly from not knowing its place...
Nevertheless, it was clear that Lieut. General Matthew Ridgway and his Eighth Army had the situation, such as it was, well in hand. Bolstered by an aggressive defense in depth, they had broken the powerful offensive of three Chinese Communist armies down the mountainous spine of central Korea...
...problem presents itself of how to solidify the human spine once it has turned to jelly. Now, when the disease has reached near-epidemic proportions, it is time for research. Just the other day someone at Syracuse University became infected with a virus the "National Council for American Education" has been spreading for a number of years now--jocularly labeled "Reducators at Harvard." The poor fellow's backbone promptly softened, and he decided it might be best in the "interests of interfaith unity" if Kirtley Mather did not address a student "Brotherhood Week" banquet...
Later he became a very important citizen, perhaps the king of his people, and lived until he was about 70 years old. By that time he could not have been too unwilling to die. He was suffering from pyorrhea (infected jaw) and two painful and deforming diseases of the spine which even modern doctors cannot cure...
...Unfortunately a stiffening of the national spine is increasingly essential these days. Thanks for tugging on the corset strings."-John P. Hilburn of Washington...