Word: weaknesses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brought the first good results in the Pieria battle. The civilian population bears the brunt of the bandits, and is right in asking the army to guard them and their villages. However, this is not the wisest way of coping with banditry because, if dispersed, the army is weak. It is only possible to defeat banditry by concentration of our forces. The army must strike and its punches must be harder than those of the bandits. Therefore the villagers must be prepared to suffer occasional knocks...
...radar scope, a weak "pip" (signal) can be built up by the gain control to a maximum height, where it reaches a "trembling...
This odd truce is upset by the parachute arrival of Adrian Bullivant, a British officer and even more of a weakling than most weak young men in modern British novels. He has come to instruct the 23rd Corps to blow up a dam in behalf of the Allied armies, but once his foggy mind grasps the impossibility of such a project he settles down to enjoy life...
Inter-House volleyball showed down to a weak bounce yesterday, and suffered a quiet death as Kirkland House emerged victorious in the league...
...days of practice out on Soldiers Field have proved anything, it is that the squad will have to show a lot more power with a bat than it has so far if it wants to win games. Hitting has been weak, and intensive practice at the plate will be the order of the day from now until the Sunday embarkation...