Word: weaken
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senate's national prestige will be greatly enhanced by the censure," Robert G. McCloskey, associate professor of Government, said. He felt that toning down, the charges would seriously weaken the Senate's standing in the nation...
...didn't. Still two down starting the last 18, Palmer continued to press his opponent. And in the hot, sticky afternoon, the older man began to weaken. Three times during the match Palmer pulled even; twice Sweeny held him off. Then, with a fine par 4 on the 32nd, Palmer went ahead. On the next hole he shot a birdie 3 to go two-up. Dog-tired, Sweeny came back to halve the next hole and win the 35th. But from the last tee Sweeny pushed his drive into the rough, chipped up to the green in three. Palmer...
...hour, France's energetic little Premier Pierre Mendès-France was determined not to lose his nerve. He expected trouble, and got it. "They will keep up the war of nerves until the end," he predicted, "perhaps until half an hour before midnight Tuesday, reckoning I shall weaken under pressure...
Both pitching and hitting faded badly in the Army game, however. Ken Rossane opened for the Crimson, and blanked the Cadets through the sixth inning. In the seventh, though, he began to weaken and allowed a run on two hits and three successive force outs...
...been asked to advise on ... I think I am correct in asserting that the unanimous opposition we expressed to the crash program was based on the conviction, to which technical considerations as well as others contributed, that because of our overall situation at that time such a program might weaken rather than strengthen the position of the U.S. ... I never urged anyone not to work on the hydrogen-bomb project...