Bruce Schneier notes that even computationally impractical attacks can be considered breaks: " Breaking a cipher simply means finding a weakness in the cipher that can be exploited with a complexity less than brute force.

To see signs of muscle weakness the neurologist will ask patients to walk on their heels or to move part of their leg against an opposing force.

As indicated by Plato in his Laws, an important element of strategy was to understand if the opponent had a weak or untrained side and to force him to operate on that side and generally take advantage of that weakness.

The war resulted in the military occupation of Ethiopia and its annexation into the newly created colony of Italian East Africa ( Africa Orientale Italiana, or AOI ); in addition, it exposed the weakness of the League of Nations as a force to preserve peace.

If such differences are noted or the patient is unable to apply any resisting force, clinical weakness may be noted.

The weakness of the British military command was exposed when a force was sent from Madras to support Muhammed Ali at Trichinopoly, but its commander, a Swiss mercenary, refused to attack an outpost at Valikondapuram.

The main idea being to feign weakness as to open a weak spot, or Achilles ' heel, in the opposing force, and then regrouping to exploit such a hole by attacking deep within the enemy's party.

He smiles with all who smile, and mourns with all who weep ; applauding strength, he is yet indulgent to weakness ; offending no one, he has himself no need to pardon, for he never thinks himself offended ; he pities those who misconceive him, and seeks an opportunity to serve them ; by the force of kindness only does he avenge himself on the ungrateful ..."- TMS

Although Benjamin Lincoln raised a militia force and put down the rebellion, it highlighted the weakness of both the military and defects in the Articles of Confederation that hampered Congressional ability to act on the matter.

Physical fatigue or muscle weakness and / or aches, ( or " lack of strength ") is a direct term for the inability to exert force with one's muscles to the degree that would be expected given the individual's general physical fitness.

Fine concludes that these articles demonstrate a weakness in the state's maintaining of order in rural and border areas, which caused it to pass responsibility down to local inhabitants, by threatening them with penalties, the state hoped to force the locality to assume this duty.

Some troops landed in the wrong place, in the wrong order and as much as six hours behind schedule but the weakness of the defensive response allowed the Allied force to make up lost time.

Yossarian finds this deal " odious " as it lets down all the others in the squadron who were relying on his dissent to force their commanders to treat them better and admits that he did it " in a moment of weakness ".

He was with the English force under the earl of Arundel which accompanied the duke of Burgundy to Paris in October 1411 and there defeated the Armagnacs, an exploit which revealed to England the weakness of the French.

" Precisely executing his plan, the Polish force, advancing from the south, found a huge gap between the Soviet fronts and exploited the weakness of the Soviet " Mozyr Group " that was supposed to protect the weak link between the Soviet fronts.

* True weakness ( or neuromuscular ) describes a condition where the force exerted by the muscles is less than would be expected, for example muscular dystrophy.

* Perceived weakness ( or non-neuromuscular ) describes a condition where a person feels more effort than normal is required to exert a given amount of force but actual muscle strength is normal, for example chronic fatigue syndrome.

Though not universally used, ‘ metabolic fatigue ’ is a common alternative term for peripheral muscle weakness, because of the reduction in contractile force due to the direct or indirect effects of the reduction of substrates or accumulation of metabolites within the muscle fiber.

Although differential cryptanalysis can break the revised version with less complexity than brute force search ( a certificational weakness ), the attack requires operations and is thus not currently feasible in practice.

The cipher's primary weakness comes from the fact that if the cryptanalyst can discover ( by means of frequency analysis, brute force, guessing or otherwise ) the plaintext of two ciphertext characters then the key can be obtained by solving a simultaneous equation.

Like many modern cryptanalytic results, it would be a so-called " certificational weakness ": while faster than a brute force attack, the resources required are still huge, and it is very unlikely that real-world systems could be compromised by using it.

According to Hersh's anonymous intelligence source, the Patai book was " the bible of the neocons on Arab behavior ", which gave life to two themes: " One, that Arabs only understand force and, two, that the biggest weakness of Arabs is shame and humiliation ".

This will force the strong enemy to retreat in order to support his weakness.

It recognizes the weakness of the radical left at the present stage in history and notes that nationalism has presently replaced communism as the driving force in the worldwide popular left.

Only the strong look squarely at weakness.

Serum potassium at this time was 3.8 mEq. per liter, and the hemoglobin was 13.9 gm. By Dec. 1, 1958, the weakness in the pelvic and quadriceps muscle groups was appreciably worse, and it became difficult for the patient to rise unaided from a sitting or reclining position.

Mrs. B. compared her feelings of weakness to her feelings of weakness and helplessness at the time of her mother's death when she was eight, as well as her subsequent anger at her father for remarrying.

He glanced at his watch, saw it was only seven, and decided to indulge his weakness now.

Against such a termination of human life on earth by human action, he then proposes as an alternative that we `` negotiate at once with the Russians and get the best terms which are available '', that we deliberately `` negotiate from comparative weakness ''.

Johnston, who had little choice in allowing Floyd and Pillow to take charge at Fort Donelson on the basis of seniority after he ordered them to add their forces to the garrison, took the blame and suffered calls for his removal because a full explanation to the press and public would have exposed the weakness of the Confederate position.

As the Battle of the Frigidus, which terminated this campaign, was fought at the passes of the Julian Alps, Alaric probably learned the weakness of Italy's natural defences on its northeastern frontier at the head of the Adriatic.

A key weakness was also the inaccessibility of the U. S. market, due to FCC spectrum restrictions at that time.

Drawing on his long-term research, and using the criteria of course, outcome and prognosis, he developed the concept of dementia praecox, which he defined as the " sub-acute development of a peculiar simple condition of mental weakness occurring at a youthful age.

Lenin ’ s policy of the right of nations to self-determination was aimed at preventing the disintegration of Russia during its period of military weakness.

Other impairments, though, can at first seem completely non-related to the limb weakness but are, in fact, a direct result of the damage to the affected side of the brain.

Loki, upon finding out about Baldr's one weakness, made a missile from mistletoe, and helped Höðr shoot it at Baldr.

Most notably, the “ British exploited the political weakness of the Mughal state, and, while military activity was important at various times, the economic and administrative incorporation of local elites was also of crucial significance ”.

Additionally, his condemnation of Blaesilla's hedonistic lifestyle in Rome had led her to adopt aescetic practices, but it affected her health and worsened her physical weakness to the point that she died just four months after starting to follow his instructions ; much of the Roman populace were outraged at Jerome for causing the premature death of such a lively young woman, and his insistence to Paula that Blaesilla should not be mourned, and complaints that her grief was excessive, were seen as heartless, polarising Roman opinion against him.

It is an autoimmune disorder, in which weakness is caused by circulating antibodies that block acetylcholine receptors at the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction, inhibiting the excitatory effects of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine on nicotinic receptors throughout neuromuscular junctions.

The forced vital capacity may be monitored at intervals so as not to miss a gradual worsening of muscular weakness.

The Wetherspoons pub chain reported in June 2009 that profits were at the top end of expectations ; however, Scottish & Newcastle's takeover by Carlsberg and Heineken was reported in January 2008 as partly the result of its weakness following falling sales due to the ban.

Patients who become ill usually experience fever, generalized weakness, back pain, dizziness, and weight loss at the onset of the illness.

The only exception is when responder has 5-4 in the majors ; in that case, he would normally use Stayman, and in the case of a 2 response, bid the 5-card major at the 2 level ( weakness take-out ) or at the 3 level ( forcing to game ).

Symptoms may appear months or even years after the initial injury, starting with pain, weakness, and sensory impairment originating at the site of trauma.