Word: weak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...David Guarnaceia's running and lateraling. The line, under the coaching of R. J. Dunne, was proving itself one of the most formidable in years. In the Army game, the forward wall did a splendid job in stopping the Cadets' famed running attack, but fumbles and a weak Crimson pass defense cost Harvard a 15-0 defeat...
...handed out an astonishing prescription for chubby ladies who starve themselves in vain. Advised she: "Try overeating. That's how I stay slim. By eating as much as the average man, a woman gets the energy she needs to burn up her fat. Heavens! You're too weak to do it on a starvation diet. Shovel down big helpings, and you can develop a hollow leg for food. When I'm not hungry at all, I often gobble three hot dogs just to keep my stomach busy." The Blair diet's only taboo: hard liquor...
Variations on the Theme. Both party lines obviously had some weak strands. Locally, many of the races for 435 seats in the House and 36 in the Senate will develop variations on the theme. While some Democrats obviously will attempt to cast themselves as better supporters of the President than their Republican opponents, Dwight Eisenhower's popularity will be the Republicans' asset...
...went on to The Rosary, Twelfth Street Rag, the Beer Barrel Polka, some fast, weak boogie-woogie, and his TV theme song, I Don't Care (which he dedicated to his critics). Between numbers he casually dropped the names of God, President Eisenhower, Paderewski and some of his 185 TV sponsors (notably a toilet-paper manufacturer). He also introduced Mom, who was proudly sitting in a spotlighted box, wearing mink and orchids...
Ford and General Motors were for the most part able to steer clear of such get-rich-quick newcomers. But many independent automakers were forced to take them on, and now they are in trouble. Said a Chicago dealer: "The weak sisters shouldn't have been in the business in the first place. They came in during the good years and made their pile, and now they're squawking...