Word: weak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Says Mrs. Tucker: "If I had a weak heart, this shocking news would have killed me. What a way to get your death sentence-from a newspaper reporter! But Mrs. Tucker refused to take the word as a death sentence. "The doctors have always told me everything because they know I can take bad news," she said. "Why would they build me up to this letdown...
...ultimate goal of the American people and their Government is a peaceful world in which there is no strong and no weak, no masters and no slaves, but where all men can live and work freely and happily without want or fear and with the right to worship God in their own way. This is our vision of the future; we invite you to share...
...calling tenor through a series of burlesque skits. As a barber, he uses a chamberpot for a shaving mug; on a rocket to the moon, he nuzzles a blonde stowaway; as a TV repairman, he pulls a battered corset from a TV set, crying: "Your condenser is weak!" Best example of Colonna's Klaxon charm: his screech-voiced assault on the popular song, My Heart Cries...
...Physics Department called for volunteers to teach Army and Navy students. This seemed his chance to gain experience in more rigorous sciences. Goodwin's background was weak--he had never had any physics or math--so he took a six-weeks refresher course before he got the job (he decided against teaching math; he didn't think he could get away with it). "It was nerve-wracking. I was one jump ahead of the class--good thing they didn't know it." He studied Physics A, while he taught Physics B. After awhile he was promoted to teach Physics...
Northeastern has a comparatively weak-hitting club. Gallagher considers his shortstop and cleanup man, Vic Colo, his most dependable batter, but Colo's average has drifted below 300. Left-hander Andy Allan leads the team in hits...