Word: weaknesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beginning of the decade, federal authorities merely nodded while the mobsters nibbled away at the country. Besides, coordination among law-enforcement agencies at all levels is frequently weak or totally absent. Even when pressure is applied vigorously, resulting in arrests and convictions, LCN can quickly fill personnel gaps...
...been overwrought by the drama of the moment, but his statement was coldly accurate. The last of the old Brooklyn Dodgers on the Los Angeles staff, Drysdale became one of the most formidable pitchers in baseball history. He teamed with the brilliant lefthander, Sandy Koufax, to lead the traditionally weak-hitting Dodgers to five National League pennants. Although he often pitched in Koufax's shadow, he was the workhorse of the Dodger staff; from 1962 to 1965 he hurled more than 300 innings a season. He holds the club record for most games won (209), most strikeouts...
...weak and slightly bewildered, three Americans came out of North Viet Nam last week. For a total of 86 months among them, they had served in North Vietnamese prison camps; their release brought to nine the number of U.S. prisoners released by Hanoi since early 1968. The men were turned over to a four-member American peace group that had come to Hanoi to escort them home (see box). Obviously, propaganda was a major element in North Viet Nam's gesture. But whatever Hanoi's motives and however callously it toyed with the hopes harbored by the families...
...stable franc had given him the power to play the role of a loner in international politics. Last November, against the weight of global financial opinion and the advice of most of his own ministers, he stunned the world by refusing to devalue the franc, which was already weak and unsteady. Pompidou, a former Rothschild banker, could not bring himself to defy reality. "Common sense advises us to align the franc on a rate recognized in foreign markets," he explained to the French in a special statement. "We content ourselves with taking note of a fact and acting...
...Portuguese sailors of Prince Henry the Navigator also dutifully carried Catholic missionaries with them on their 15th century voyages along the coast of Africa; King Nzinga of the Congo became a Catholic a year before Columbus discovered America. The ebb and flow of colonial fortunes kept the coastal missions weak, but a start had been made. Finally, spurred on by both imperialism and the new humanitarianism of the 19th century, missionaries penetrated the interior...