Word: weak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...truism of Harvard basketball that the freshman teams are almost as strong as the varsities are weak. The 1954 freshman squad hardly seems to be an exception...
...enough for Don Sturzo; he objects to any relationship at all. Last week Don Luigi paid a rare visit to the Senate, where he has a lifetime seat, to speak for Mario Scelba, whom Don Luigi had taken off a Sicilian share farm, educated and launched into Italian politics. Weak and chilled by the drafts in the big Senate chamber, the old priest asked for a blanket to warm him: "If you don't want me to die, you had better give me at least a blanket." Even with two blankets bought with a special appropriation ($70), Don Luigi...
Wray, who had been nominated unopposed for treasurer of the HUERA, announced last week that he was resigning in protest over the HUERA's weak handling of the maid situation. Actually, McNamara said, Wray had been forced out of the Harvard union...
...while the President's behavior in this area has been shockingly weak, it is not because he is essentially a weak man. Certainly the great courage and foresight which he displayed in Europe both during and after the war belch any such statement. His present weakness stems not from any lack of personal courage, but from an excess reliance on his White House advisors...
...Although the film lacks many of the directional techniques so common today--contrived transitions between scenes, double-jointed camera angles and low pressure acting--Renoir has forced a rather pointless story into the mold of his own talent and brought off a startling satire. Working with confusion and generally weak characterization he makes both elements seem well calculated and essential elements of the picture...