Word: weakening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...left the game either wholly or partially exhausted, will be excused from early practices this week but are expected to see action against Texas Saturday. Esterly will not be on the field for a week or ten days, and Myerson's absence from the Texas clash will further weaken the forward wall. This afternoon, team B will hold a hard scrimmage against the scrubs...
...accompanied the President to Alaska. . . . We came to know that here was a man whose soul was being seared by a great disillusionment. We saw him gradually weaken from mental anxiety. Warren Harding had a dim realization that he had been betrayed by a few of the men whom he had trusted, by men who he had believed were his devoted friends. It was later proved in the courts that these men had betrayed not alone | his] friendship and trust but their country. That was the tragedy of the life of Warren Harding. . . . The breakdown of the faith...
...strategy sprung from the mind of any single genius. . . . Valley Forge met such a challenge to steadfastness in times and terms of war. Our test is to meet this challenge in times and terms of peace. . . . We are enduring sufferings and we are assailed by temptations. If we weaken, as Washington did not, we shall be writing the introduction to the fall of American institutions. . . . If, by the grace of God, we stand steadfast, we shall insure that we and our sons and daughters shall see these fruits increased many fold. . . . God grant that we may prove worthy after George...
...spite of constant protests from prominent educators, the college degree mania is slow to weaken. Its futility seems obvious enough, but "the obvious" is not always considered. Popular illusions are often stubbornly held. Not until many more pages have been devoted to the explanation of the fact will it be realized that men who could never succeed in learning are quite likely to succeed in life...
...wisdom of such a measure, sanctioned as it is by Congress, is open in general attack. Besides the obvious difficulty of financing the loan, there is some real danger that it will seriously weaken the government's financial position. Also the psychological factor that a measure so perilously resembling the dole may tend to break down national confidence and stability must be recognized. This criticism is particularly applicable as the loan will be available to many men not in actual need at the moment...