Word: weak
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spirit is too weak--mortality...
...Crimson Weak Against Passes...
With the Crimson defensive power concentrated on stopping Slagle, Bridges and Prendergast demonstrated their worth by knifing through the line and twisting off tackle for consistent gains. The reputedly weak Princeton line opened up holes beautifully, which the speedy backs used to the greatest possible advantage. Coady, Gamache, and Sayles stood out in holding down this powerful Tiger attack...
...William Crookes found, when he passed an electric current through an air-exhausted glass vessel, that not only X-rays were formed (by the impact of the electrons upon the electrodes) but also other rays, composed of streams of electricity from the negative electrode, or cathode. His voltages were weak, however, and his tube clumsy. He was never able to ascertain much about these "cathode rays" because he could not get them outside their glass container to experiment with them...
...clothes they sewed on her. She bit and clawed when they tried to bathe her. She put her mouth down into her dishes of food, not understanding the use of her hands save as weapons. In time she learned something of their use and acquired a few human words. Weak mentally, she neither laughed nor cried, preferring the company of dogs and other animals to human children...