Word: weak
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...players are not called upon to exercise their histrionic powers to the full this week, for "Judy Drops In", the current offering of the Boston Stock Company, is one of the most trivial pieces that has been put before the theatre-going public this season. Although the play is weak in plot and no more than average in dialogue, the sympathetic acting of the St. James cast makes the result genuinely amusing rather than distinctly mediocre...
Maryland was weak in every department of the game, but nevertheless Yale flashed some real power against the Southerners. The backs, particularly Kline, stood out. Kline was able to gain almost at will through the line, time and again breaking through for long gains which were only stopped by three or four tacklers nailing him at the same time. Lindley and Cutler also ran riat and McGunigle and Failing did well. The Blue, it appears, has plenty of backfield material available, for in addition to these there are the regulars, Pond, Cottle, and Allen...
...factors, however, will govern the extent of this prospective elimination of the smaller car manufacturer. There will always be room in the industry for makers of specialty cars, who do not compete in the more standardized field. Secondly, a weak company today may nevertheless bring out next season's most popular car and put itself in a stronger position. The great success this year of the Chrysler car has done just this for Maxwell. On the other hand, the strong companies must each year bring out very appealing new models or lose their position in the industry, as Studebaker...
...Republican Herald-Tribune's course reflected weak vacillation. On the morning that the Times' and the World's owners of competing newspapers?Mr. Hearst of the American, the Messrs. Pulitzer of the World, and Mr. Reid of the Herald-Tribune, but it carefully concealed the amount paid by its own proprietor...
...fact that Worcester Academy has one of the strongest schoolboy teams in the East. Coach Campbell seemed optimistic as to the result of the game last night. The Freshman team has been practicing hard during the week and has improved considerably especially in the backfield, which has been very weak. The interference has been strengthened, and a strong defense against forward passing has been established. The line, also, is much faster, and lately the guards and tackles have been opening up better holes for their backfield...