Word: weak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...friends quickly. He will study general science, French, English, Latin and algebra. But what he likes best is to read, and St. Paul's library stacks made his eyes pop. Ambitious and happy, Abdallah now wants to become Moroccan Ambassador to Washington "because," he quips, "I'm weak in mathematics...
...grand slam on this deal. The Irish partners playing the identical hands at the other table stopped at six hearts. With two biddable suits and rosy game prospects, Goren opened one club to give Sobel a chance to reply at the one level in case she held a weak hand. His second-round jump, displaying a good spade suit and extra high-card strength, committed the partnership to game, so Sobel could afford to say three hearts (rather than jump to four), permitting inexpensive exploration for slam possibilities. Goren signaled that his spades were rebiddable. Sobel's four clubs...
Munro, however, is not overly discouraged. "I expect the line to score more this year even though we have lost our two top scorers, Jim Shue and Tom Bernheim. Our defense," he added, "is our strongest point, but on the other hand, the halfbacks may be our weak link...
...Arizona, Democrat Ernest McFarland, bumped out of the U.S. Senate by Republican Tenderfoot Barry Goldwater in 1952, leaped from Arizona's governorship to the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator by 104,000 to 39,000 over weak opposition-a show of strength that for the first time rated him a chance to beat Goldwater in November...
...every Greek murdered, an Englishman will be murdered. We offered peace, but our enemy thought -we were weak and provoked...