Word: weaknessness
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The morale of the Pathet Lao forces has been hurt by the failing Laotian economy. Some government troops are so desperately poor that they have sold their uniforms for money to buy food. In an implicit confession of weakness, the Pathet Lao leaders have sought outside help from what is...
There is one CIA weakness for which Turner has no ready solution: detecting and countering the efforts of foreign intelligence agents to acquire U.S. secrets. The weakness stems in part from a shake-up in which veteran counterspies were replaced. The shifts took place before Turner arrived, but Knoche believes...
Jerry Lewis is tragically pathetic--not because he is funny, but precisely because he isn't funny. People who condemn the Lampoon for seeing humor in tragedy insist on their right to see tragedy in humor. These people claim that "Poonies"--like "Moonies"--lack something in their personalities; this is...
Nixon blames South Viet Nam's sudden collapse in 1975 on Capitol Hill, rather than on the weakness of the Thieu regime. By slashing aid to Saigon, he says, Congress "cut off Thieu's water. Congress lost it... and they have to take the blame for it." Was...
"My greatest weakness is America," says Mare Chagall. "The people are so young and full of life." To indulge his weakness, the artist has created a special treat: a series of stained-glass windows for the Art Institute of Chicago. The 8-ft.-high by 30-ft.-wide windows, unveiled...