Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...through Wilkeson's eyes, the panorama of triumph and tragedy of civil war at its most crucial moment came alive again. Wrote Wilkeson: Blue & Grey. "The battle of Gettysburgh! I am told it commenced on the first of July, a mile north of the town, between two weak brigades of infantry and some doomed artillery and the whole force of the rebel army . . . We were not to attack but to be attacked . . . The ground upon which we were driven to accept battle was wonderfully favorable to us . . .It was in form an elongated and somewhat sharpened horseshoe, with...
...pleasant, but his voice is not always equal to the task given. Before the siege of Harfleur, his "Once more unto the breach" harangue does not ring as it ought; it is a clarinet instead of a clarion (but it is still an improvement over Laurence Harvey's weak effort with the Old Vic a few seasons...
...many parts of the world, schistosomiasis is so much an accepted plague of life that the abdominal pain it causes, the blood in the urine and feces, often are disregarded until too late. After years of apparent health, a victim's abdomen may swell as he gradually grows weak and dies, his liver, lungs, urinary tract or even his heart damaged beyond hope from the irritation caused by thousands of parasite eggs...
Next day's 18 holes were over almost from the start. An all-night bout with the G.I.s left Palmer weak and weary; on the first tee, he duck-hooked his drive deep into The Country Club's barbed-wire rough. Cupit hung on a bit longer, but the tension caught up with him on the third hole, where he took a double-bogey six. Boros, playing safe, sure "money golf," turned the front nine in 33-two under par. By the time the three players finally got within TV camera range on the 15th hole...
...seems wasteful to have spent all this talent and energy on such a weak and tedius museum piece. This year's Summer Players have the capacity to produce some memorable drama. They, and their audience, deserve more significant and worth-while material...