Word: weakspot
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gendarmes and a section of paratroopers drew up in a hurry outside the Hotel des Thermes in Madagascar one day last week. They came not to try the golf course, to splash in the pool or to take the waters (which are said to be good for that old weakspot of Frenchmen, the liver). They came instead to see a splendidly installed prisoner, the exiled Sultan of Morocco, Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef. French General Georges Catroux, 78, found His Majesty waiting for him in a nearby villa once occupied by Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth...
This year's violin section (often the weakspot in amateur orchestras) is generally quite strong. The concertmaster, Deno Geanakaplos 3G, was a first violinist in the Minneapolis symphony Orchestra. Also, many of the University's better violinists who have been unable to attend in the past years are playing with the orchestra...
| 1 |