Word: weaknessness
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Even as the ink was drying on the "Framework for Peace" that was part of the Camp David accords, euphoria over the breakthrough was being tempered by disagreements over precisely what was, and was not, included. The document's strength was also the root of its weakness: the artful...
Among all the verbiage and glossy photos of bombs exploding in Beirut, one must not forget that the shelling has been brought about by the P.L.O.'s tactic of establishing itself amid the civilian population and refusing to leave the city. The disunity and weakness of the Lebanese as...
In several other cities, I saw enough to conclude that the Khomeini regime is under siege. Anyone anywhere in Tehran is liable to a body search. The most terrifying aspect of the checks is the jittery, trigger-happy condition of the militiamen. They know there is a good chance they...
One usually thinks of sexual obsession as an undetected virus of the soul, a bug caught some time in the formative years but remaining dormant until some temporary weakness of the mind or spirit permits it to break loose. Surely such a classic pathology lies behind the unexpected passion that...
"The indiscriminate killing in West Beirut is vivid evidence that neither of the two superpowers can step in. It is evidence of impotency in the face of Zionist aggression." In Cairo a foreign ministry official noted, "America is projecting an image of contusion, incoherence and weakness."