Word: weak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Smith, wealthy Long Island 'legger, with his wife, daughter and three bleary cronies on an expedition to Paris. Playwright Marquis devises considerable fun with the vagaries of ignorant and besotten men in contact with an approachable countess and a haughty courtesan, but most of his intended climaxes are weak, he never gets very far from orthodox, outworn farce...
...five principal U. S. delegates-Stimson, Adams, Reed, Robinson, Morrow-and their wives the Star said, "The men seem to be fatherly, homely folk and their wives motherly and even more homely." Lest it should be misunderstood, the Star added, for the benefit of visitors weak in the King's English, that "The connotation of 'homely' changes in crossing the Atlantic, and in England has of course no reference to facial appearance...
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, is the calm, persuasive statesman with weak eyes who served for eleven consecutive years as Foreign Secretary, made the entente with France and Russia, reluctantly but vigorously led Great Britain into the World War. Last week, though his years are now three-score and seven, and though his eyes are very dim indeed, Lord Grey made a brief, dignified public statement which had the effect of a dynamite depth bomb on his party-Liberal...
...that has ever inhabited this planet." C. W. Nash of the Nash Motor Co. said the industry "is on the eve of a general reorganization." In 1916, he pointed out, there were no manufacturers at the show, this year only 34. During 1930 he expects further weeding out of weak firms...
Norwich has an unusually weak team this year, having been decisively defeated four times in four meets. Their latest drubbing occurred on Wednesday, when they opposed Dartmouth at Hanover and were humbled, 52 to 11. Most of the points they did score were on long shots, as they had difficulty breaking through the Indian defense. The Crimson players should have little difficulty in piling up a one sided score, as their season has been a prosperous one so far, despite one defeat at the hands of the powerful Columbia combination during the vacation...