Word: weak
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...From the start the Palestine mandate has been ruled by Colonial Office administrators largely experienced in dealing with unlettered, ignorant Zulus or Sudanese. Taught in the divide-&-rule schools of British Colonial administration, the English carefully nursed weak Arab antiSemitism, helped subsidize a heretofore nonexistent Arab nationalism, set out to sabotage Zionism...
Ballyhooed as "the race of the century," the magnificent bubble burst a few days before the scheduled rendezvous when Owner Howard scratched The Biscuit because of a weak knee. Disgruntled racing fans felt cheated, muttered unpleasant words about Owner Howard's weak knees. When a subsequent attempt to get the two horses on the same track at the same time failed at the last moment, popular interest subsided...
...there are faculty members whose chapel talks are brilliant; Professors Mather, Munn and Hopper are in this category. Because of the supposed necessity for giving time to their less capable colleagues, these men are seldom seen, and the influence they might have in the popularization of chapel is correspondingly weak. But regardless of Faculty etiquette this type, and this type only, should be invited...
Clark also trimmed the Crimson runners, and so establishes himself as a favorite for next Monday, but the rest of the Yale team is weak, while the Harvard team, led by Junior Gene Clark, came in strongly in bunch behind the winner, taking third, fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth, while the second Yale men, Lee Shapleigh, was tenth...
Harvard is lucky in having one of the best goalies in New England to ward off the scoring thrusts of their opponents. Williams, who holds this job, has saved many a goal, although he was a little weak against M.I.T. Two capable defense men fill the fullback positions, Bradley, a steady and experienced players, and Hardenbergh, a Junior. The latter, who has booted the soccer ball for years, has a "fancy left foot," is undoubtedly the best kicker on the squad...