Word: trickyness
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There is a currently popular phrase which goes something like this: "It is not enough to win the war; we must also win the peace." This tricky grouping of words is rapidly becoming one of the less palatable platitudes of our day. It has over-tones of piety which deny...
Tricky Mr. Moto. The Jap, who is variously "Mr. Moto," "Tojo," "Charlie" or "the Japanzy" to U.S. troops, was beginning to show a heavy preference for night movement, when concealment is best.
"They are tricky, unscrupulous fighters. Jap snipers throw their rifles down when they go through the motions of surrender. When the rifle is picked up, an attached grenade is set off, and the soldier who has grabbed it is a casualty. Since the first few days the Army has learned...
Terse and business-like, Chase was vague about future plans, but admitted he would make no drastic changes in technique at this time. Finding an emphasis on tricky plays, he, however, immediately set about increasing dependence on accurate passing. This would lead to teamwork taking the spotlight away from spectacular...
Collectors were green-eyed when they saw the only known piece of furniture to carry the label of Newport Cabinetmaker Edmund Townsend, the only known carved chair to carry the famous name of its maker Benjamin Randolph; they consoled themselves by saying the collection had cost too much, that Karolik...