Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...precedent, military historians looked back to the classic battles of landbound days, and wondered if this might be the stage when the weaker side had committed its reserves and was failing. Then the stronger would strike the knockout blow. He would send in his cavalry, ripping through the flagging line, then pour infantry through the breach while his horsemen drove on, carving a decision in the enemy's disorganized rear areas...
...guards repeatedly promised us food, but never produced it. . . . American and Filipino prisoners fell out frequently and threw themselves moaning beside the roadside. The stronger were not permitted to help the weaker. We would then hear shots behind...
...sank the lifeboat's ship. His life is saved when Shipbuilder Rittenhouse insists on democratic procedure and the observance of international law. When a dance-hall addict (William Bendix) develops gangrene, it is the German captain, an ex-surgeon, who amputates the gangrened leg. As the passengers grow weaker, the German takes charge and rows, hour after hour, comforting the derelicts by singing Lieder...
Having failed to divide the Big Three in war, he wanly hoped to divide them in peace. Said he: "However the war may end, Great Britain's power must, in any case, be weaker. ... So far as Germany is concerned her existence alone guarantees that of Europe...
...Crimson will be weaker in the freestyle than was expected, as Perry Stearn, free-styler on last year's team, has pneumonia. However, Oliver P. Morton, also a veteran, will be on hand for the meet, as will Harvey Pastel, diver, and Gilbert King, Jr., breast-stroker. In addition, 20 new men have turned out who will go to Tech...