Word: worn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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China suffered from a creeping paralysis. The Jap invader had long ago gobbled up most of her railways. Now her unreplenished fleet of motor trucks, 15,000 strong two years ago, had worn down to a wheezy 5,000 machines, and many of these were idle for lack of spare parts. More than ever, China traveled and hauled by foot, mule and human carrier. More than ever, the lack of mobility hobbled her armies, sharpened the peril of famine, loosened the bonds of central government...
...pleasant surprise of coming into the air-conditioned lounge had worn off, and the Vag stared idly at the drink in his hand, trying hard to keep his head above the current of nostalgia that was tugging at him. This sort of thing might be all right for other people, but it was going to be different with Vag. He had seen too many of his friends go; too much breaking down at the finish, too many last walks around the Yard, too much dreaming over old English A themes and football program. He had gone to too many farewell...
States' Rights is a worn-out issue, a relic. The answer to "the present Administration's arbitrary use of vast authority . . . the inefficiencies and reckless extravagances . . . lies not in a weakened central government." The answer lies in government administered under law, substituted for government "by caprice...
...survivor of his original squad. There may be only a handful like him in his company, but he's been through the mill and has learned his business while he was being completely transformed into what you see in the picture. Look at his gear: it's worn (and obviously this isn't a posed picture), but it's all there and in good shape. A 'demoralized' soldier gets rid of his equipment the first thing. (You should have seen the Eyties.) He's carrying his weapon in the easy way you associate...
...Administration's men, fighting stubbornly to postpone any investigation or trial, repeated their well-worn arguments: a public trial now would drag military secrets into the open. It might shake public confidence in military leaders. Officers could not spare time from the battlefronts to appear as witnesses. Said New Dealing Representative John W. Murphy, of Dunmore, Pa. : "It seems strange and unusual . . . when we are having the greatest crisis in the history of our world, that instead of being in the chapel on our knees praying, we have men here attempting as palace guards, or desk generals...