The origin of the word "soporific" would be Latin, since it comes from the Latin root word "sopor", which means sleep. This gives way to the current definition which means to induce sleepiness.
The Democratic Party lost popularity and the 1952 election because of U.S. involvement in Korea. The heavy cost of the war in terms of money and American lives and the failure to win the war were partial reasons for the loss.
A)a new defensive tactic known as trench warfare
Trench warfare allowed the war to drag on for long periods of time because of the stalemates that ensue from the opposing armies refusing to give up the land under their controls, resulting in high casualties in no man's land.
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