Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even before the trial got under way in Selma, Circuit Solicitor Blanchard McLeod admitted: "It is a weak case...
...Weak case or not, McLeod's assistant, Virgis Ashworth, handled-the prosecution vigorously and intelligently enough to give the defendants some bad moments. His best witnesses were two other white Yankee ministers who were beaten along with Reeb after the trio left a Negro cafe. Both the Rev. Clark Olsen and the Rev. Orloff Miller identified one of the accused, Elmer L. Cook, 42, as among their assailants. "There is no question in my mind," Olsen persisted under tough cross-examination by Defense Attorney Joe T. Pilcher Jr., "that Mr. Cook is the one who attacked...
...Crimson's three top men in the weight event were graduated last year, and the team is weak there. Although Army's only victories last week came in the weight division, sophomore Ron Wilson. Harvard's best prospect for success in this event, should outclass his B.U. opposition...
...family experiences of these youths inetilled in them a deep and usually unconscious conviction of the undesirability of adult maleness, and therefore of adulthood in general. At the most personal and unconscious level, this conviction stems partly from the image of their own fathers as weak, easily defeated and controlled, damaged by and unable to defend themselves against women. And another part of this conviction arises from the subjects' own childhood experiences with 'masculine assertiveness' and the unintended consequences of their competition with their fathers: aggressiveness, competitiveness, initiative, and rivalry--all qualities usually considered desirable among men in our society...
...first act, supported these two quite well. Michael Campbell as Nanki-poo and Deborah Strong as Yum-yum made clear voiced, well coordinated lovers, and Nancy Sproul's contralto Katisha was vibrant, if somewhat unintelligible when she didn't face the audience. Although the women's chorus was weak, they were offset by an orchestra that finished splendidly. The pace was much too slow in the second act--perhaps because everyone was a little tired from the fun that preceded...