Word: weak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...graceful, swift, the Mauretania-like her sister ship Lnsitania-was famed for the way she sliced through waves at 25 knots, maintained such a consistent speed that her transatlantic time rarely varied by more than five minutes. A "bad roller" in heavy seas, she was unpopular with many a weak-stomached traveler. Yet in her day she probably carried more bigwigs than any other two ships together...
Anxiety States are the commonest of all neuroses. The patient is in a continuous condition of fear, physically and mentally. His heart palpitates; his limbs are weak; he cannot digest his food; he sweats easily; he gets out of breath. Mentally he is often the victim of one of the foregoing phobias. Dr. Sigmund Freud believes that anxiety states are always caused by sexual frustration. But, says FORTUNE, "most psychiatrists would also include financial worries, domestic friction, and other non-sexual causes. In some ways an anxiety state resembles an acute neurasthenia...
...appeared to be the Cincinnati Reds. Their owner, Powel Crosley, spent the winter pouring $200,000 into minor-league treasuries for new players, of whom the most promising, First-Baseman John Mize, cost $50,000. But the team will start the season with an infield of four rookies, a weak pitching staff. Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Boston are likely to finish in the second division. Among the serious contenders, most experts think the Pittsburgh Pirates, with capable but unreliable pitchers, the Chicago Cubs, with dubious pitching and an experimental infield, are too weak to cause serious trouble for either...
...motherly protectress and Chopin as an exquisite who was often jealous and rude. The break was Chopin's destruction. With Sand he had done his greatest work, courageously defying disease. Without her he was lost in body and spirit. Two years after she deserted him he was too weak to walk alone. His color was like parchment, his eyes sunken beyond recognition. When Death was near his one dread was that he might be buried alive. When Death came in 1849 his body was, as he wished, opened. His heart was sent to Poland, his body buried in Paris...
Strangely enough, France's position in the existing crisis is diplomatically weak. Though she may count on the almost unconditional support of Mussolini in a defensive alliance, it is safe to assume she will not succeed in what she doubtless inwardly desires, a "defensive war" against Germany, before the latter is too strong to be beaten, and has wooed France's Central European allies from...