Word: weakening
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Then came the war, and, like Merriwell, Matty enlisted and went to France. Flu and gas brought on tuberculosis. Big Six was pronounced dying. Thirteen months in bed did not daunt his spirit. Neither did he weaken in the rest of his fight. Like Frank Merriwell in a similar position...
McLeish will not be able to accompany the team because of an injury received during the Knox game last Tuesday. This loss will materially weaken the Crimson because his aggressiveness and fighting spirit has been of great help to the team. Samborski, captain of last year's Freshman quintet, will take his place at left guard. He plays a roving game and should strengthen the scoring power and four-man offensive of the University five. Captain Gordon will take McLeish's place at the foul line...
...support armed intervention in Mexico, and be a pronounced and innocuous pacifist in the World War, and yet be consistent in his own eyes and these of his followers. He may denounce the people who were blown up in the Lusitania, and condone those who blow them up; may weaken, by hostile notion, aggressive designs on Germany after the declaration of war; may make wartime service to one's country a political liability; may do infinite harm, by harsh criticism and stubborn blocking, to both Democratic and Republican administrations alike; yet find himself, by almost unanimous choice and in monotonous...
Besides general tendencies, the local conditions in Massachusetts as well affect our election. A contest for the nomination of Governor usually weakens a candidate, but in the present instance, however, the attack in the primaries brought out the Governor's personality in a manner which tended in certain directions to strengthen rather than weaken him in public opinion...
...first few innings it looked as if it would be a battle from the mound but soon the Huntington infield began to weaken and the Crimson runners took every advantage of their opponents' errors. A home run by Cooper in the seventh and a two-base hit by Keegan in the eighth were the other factors responsible for the victory...