Word: weak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kuznetsov commands a weak navy (three battleships, one carrier, 16 cruisers, upwards of 70 destroyers), which the Russians are trying hard to build up. Its most formidable asset: an estimated 300 modern submarines...
...speed on the bases, nor its home ran power. The team that wins the pennant is the team that wins the most games. Shallowness in the pitching staffs of both the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers is easy for the merest novice to detect. Both teams have weak spots in the batting order and in the defensive lineups. But both teams have won more games than other clubs in their leagues...
...another slice of Ottoman Turkey mandated to France after World War I; republic, completely independent since 1946. Head of state: President HASHIM BEY ATASSI, 85. Real boss: Colonel ADIB SHISHAKLI who seized power in a coup late in 1949. Army: 25,000, one armored brigade, French equipment, weak staff. Militant member of the Arab League...
...fighter's slugging tactics, never had a chance. By the end of Round Seven, bleeding from seven cuts, his eyes puffed almost to closing, and gagging on his own blood, durable Jake LaMotta, whose proudest boast is that he has never been knocked down, had had enough. Too weak to rise from his corner for Round Eight, LaMotta called it quits...
MERVYN ROSE, 21, Australian lefthander and the most Improved player from Down Under-strong on fundamental strokes, weak in experience...