Word: weak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eliminate the last shreds of would-be liberalism from this magnificent bequest, and at the same time "scoop" all the other publications who were too weak-kneed to print it, by stating that the will specifically forbade admission to these schools of any member of the Hebraic race...
...explained and smoothed over after years of considering their possible justification. The real worth of a memoir is expressed by its revelation of the true character of the author. His defense of himself and criticism of others is the finest estimate of his ability. That which needs defense is weak and doubtful by hypothesis...
...play is pitiably hackneyed. Admirers of Mr. Rathbone could not blame him for his weak performance...
...Elis passed with accuracy and directness and completely baffled the Harvard defence with their speed and feigning tactics. Harvard, on the other hand, could do nothing better than take weak, long shots at the net which Farrell had little trouble deflecting. In back-checking and poke-checking and in covering their positions--in fact, In practically every department of the game--the Eli were far superior to their dazed Cantabrigian opponents...
Stolen Heaven (Paramount). Nancy Carroll wears pretty clothes and struggles with stupid dialog, with weak direction by George Abbott, and with a story by Dana Burnet that might have been impressive, if thoroughly and patiently dealt with, but that turns out badly. A young man (Phillips Holmes) who has held up a radio factory meets a discouraged girl in a city street late at night. She hides him in her room and, liking each other, they make a bargain. They decide to go to Florida to spend the $20,000 he has stolen; when it is gone, they will commit...