Word: weakens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...licked his typewriter keys and banged out a piece denouncing communism in general and the publications in particular. "We believe," he wrote, "that pro-Soviet literature should be suppressed in our public libraries because its only interest is to weaken and prepare our people for the slavery which is communism." Mr. Fox's editorial paid special attention to New World Review, a periodical presenting a pro-Soviet analysis of the news...
...Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky handed out identical notes to the Ambassadors of the U.S., Britain and France, proposing a Big Four conference, not later than October, on the question of an all-German government and a German peace treaty. This was the latest of many Kremlin attempts to weaken the alignment of the Bonn government with the West by holding up the illusory prospect of "unification." More & more Germans are waking up to the fact that the only unity Russia really wants for Germany is the graveyard unity of total Soviet control...
...long history as a feast-or-famine business, the sugar industry has developed a quick defensive reflex: the minute prices weaken, the growers cut production. This year, a record world sugar output of 44.4 million tons is expected to top demand by 2,500,000 tons. Faced with the prospect of falling prices, such big sugar producers as Cuba and Puerto Rico are planning a slash of 20% to 30% in their 1953 output...
...carrier in war as much as a tourist carrier in peace, the Navy had final say on what went into the ship. Whenever the choice lay between luxury and defense, defense won. In the cabin-class lounge, for example, Designer Gibbs wanted windows. The Navy said no; they might weaken the ship...
...recuperative mechanism so that he must build it all over again. Stewart's style in this piece is especially interesting, since he changes it sharply at the climax, switching from a rambling impressionistic picture to sharp realistic prose. This method is well meant, but I think it tends to weaken the story structurally. The impressionism overbalances the beginning, making the conclusion, in contrast, almost weightless. But outside of this stylistic contention, I can only praise Stewart's sensitive and thoughtful treatment of a difficult plot...