Word: weakeness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stitches have been absorbed into the heart tissue and cannot possibly cause any trouble. His diet ... is carefully regulated to build up red blood corpuscles. He isn't allowed to smoke or drink, though he is permitted to walk upstairs and do other things which persons with weak hearts should not do." Furthermore, he added, the 27-year-old patrolman has excellent chances for long life. Said jubilant William Manning: "I can hardly wait to get back on my beat. I drive my own car . . . and even play a little ball occasionally with the neighborhood kids...
...goods to be made into winter coats for needy women & children by WPA workers. Last week city inspectors rejected half the cloth submitted. Twenty merchants had supplied good goods. Six others, with the bulk of the orders, had tried to palm off material containing moth holes, streaks, bare places, weak spots. Angered, Comptroller Joseph D. McGoldrick gave the six a chance to make good before publishing their names. Still hopeful, one shyster took back his shoddy, resubmitted it as a new delivery...
...flash of the running backs. His work so far has been very pleasing to the coaches. He is by far the fastest man on the field. Under him at wingback is Burnett who, though not the runner Macdonald is, has done some excellent kicking, which has definitely been a weak feature of the Harlow regime...
Investigators who drew a final glass of beer from the mess barrel pronounced it "very weak and watery...
...economic foundations. The second half, he would devote to "a spiritual revival of the Filipino people" by formulating "a sort of written Bushido."* Then he proceeded to do something that no successful politician can do in a real democracy, to tell his fellow countrymen that their national character is weak and full of flaws...