Word: weaknessness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
America cannot escape responsibility for Viet Nam. Nor can the recognition of Saigon's own fatal weakness, which is ultimately to blame, assuage the national grief for the Vietnamese in their final agony. But America did not enlist in the war for life. There cannot be an infinite cycle...
I have to admit a one-time weakness for Mitchell, but I could never feel the same way about Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt or any other lady singer. Maybe I can't appreciate them because I've stopped listening to the radio, but I think it's because their songs...
Fahd had the Koran-based education of a desert prince, but his six sons have been sent to schools in Europe and the U.S. Unlike Faisal, Fahd has a weakness for certain Western luxuries; he drew criticism from conservative Saudis when he spent five months vacationing in Europe last year...
Most disastrous from Saigon's point of view was the unexpected weakness of its army's defense. In Tarn Ky and Quang Ngai City, government forces simply evaporated before the Communist advance, often dropping their arms and supplies in the process. In Ban Me Thuot, the provincial capital...
Thus far, no charges have been brought against Roche. But the Adams affair is an ill-timed embarrassment for the trade-conscious Swiss, who are heavily dependent on good relations with the Common Market, where half the nation's exports are sold. The franc has been under pressure from...