Word: weak
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This was too much for Defense Minister Maurice Bourges-Maunoury. Last week he brought formal charges before the Paris military tribunal accusing Servan-Schreiber of violating the French Penal Code by seeking knowingly "to demoralize the army." There were some weak points in Servan-Schreiber's attack. His editors had dressed up the articles with pictures of military action committed not in Algeria but in Morocco, and as a close friend and top-rank follower of Radical Socialist Leader Pierre Mendeès-France, Servan-Schreiber is also open to the charge of politicking. But Servan-Schreiber reports that...
...this picture even manages to ring in a Swede who says, "By yumpin' yiminy!" In the main role Actor Ladd has achieved a certain originality: he has managed to break the strong, silent typecast he has so long been set in. In The Big Land he plays the weak, silent type. At 5 ft. 7 in. and 145 lbs., Ladd has always sat fairly small in the saddle, but since turning to independent production, his stature has been diminished by a striking executive slouch. At times he hardly seems to come up to his horse's knee...
...know his name-I know his name," the contestant muttered desperately. For a few seconds longer he punished his memory while some 50 million Americans held their breaths. Then Charles Van Doren, 31, turned full face to the TV camera. "No, I don't," he confessed with a weak smile. "I guess I don't know...
...hard-pressed by Yardling captain John Watkins, with Mike Abramowitz a strong third. Bob Crook and freshman John Vernaglia at 137 appear nearly equal, while Joe Noble at 147, one of the most vastly improved of the sophomores appears to be one of the few definite starters. At the weak 157 position, Jack Eastling and King Holmes, as evenly matched as any two men on the team, will be joined by another peer, freshman Serge McKhann...
...symptomatic of Ireland's present difficulties that last week's elections were almost without issue. De Valera campaigned almost exclusively on the grounds that the coalition government of John A. Costello was too weak to govern effectively. The real question seemed to be whether any government can cure Ireland's ills...