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Word: weak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Josephson's slants are the main obstacle to the Crimson's eighth League win, for the Brown team is a weak-hitting one. But good fielding and the opportunity to break the Crimson's winning streak could bring the upset-minded Brown nine a victory...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Ward Will Pitch at Brown Today As Varsity Tries for EIBL Lead | 5/17/1955 | See Source »

...robbery itself is staged with the subtle unreality - in which dreamy calm and awful violence lie, like lion and lamb, impossibly together - that marks the real thing. And the denouement is achieved with a stroke so strong that it makes the rest of the picture seem a little weak. An Amish farmer (Ernest Borgnine), committed by his deepest beliefs to non violence, kills the last of the killers to save the life of an innocent man (Victor Mature). He drives a pitchfork into the brute's back as if he were a bale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: New Picture, may 16, 1955 | 5/16/1955 | See Source »

Coach Norm Shepard plans to start Ken Rossano, who boasts a 5-1 record, against Cornell's Bill DeGraff. Seeking its 14th victory in 16 games, the Crimson should not run into any trouble from the weak...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Varsity Nine to Risk EIBL Lead Against Weak Big Red Tomorrow | 5/13/1955 | See Source »

...added, "Dr. Kirk is wrong when he suggests that we can inch our way into a totalitarian government. History provides no warrant for this belief. It has been the weak, rather than the strong, governments which have attracted totalitarianism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirk Debates Schlesinger on Conservatism vs. Liberalism | 5/11/1955 | See Source »

Dartmouth has split six games in Ivy competition, beating Columbia, Penn, and Navy, while losing to Princeton, Brown, and Cornell. Overall, the Indians have won eight, lost nine. A predominantly sophomore team, the squad has been especially weak in hitting...

Author: By Lee Pollak, | Title: Varsity Nine Tops BC, 5-1 To Gain GBL First Place | 5/11/1955 | See Source »

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