Word: weak
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LINCOLN'S SCAPEGOAT GENERAL, by Richard S. West Jr. Next to McClellan, the Union's most controversial Civil War general was Benjamin ("Beast") Butler. Like McClellan, he was weak in the field, but he was an efficient military governor of New Orleans and a doughty champion of liberal causes during the Reconstruction...
...into Russian and vice versa. On technical articles, where words generally have a very precise meaning, it did fairly well. But it was decided to find out what the machine would do with a more lyrical type of writing. The quotation "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" was fed into the computer, which promptly translated it into Russian and then translated the Russian back into English. The results: "The ghost is ready, but the meat...
More White Collars. The strongest segments of job growth in industry are in transportation equipment (including Detroit's automakers) and in fabricated metals and machinery, which have accounted for four-fifths of the manufacturing employment gain in the past year. The weak sections are chiefly in industries affected by defense cuts: ordnance, aircraft, communications equipment, electrical components and shipbuilding. State and local government jobs are burgeoning (they rose by 315,000 in 1964 to 7,200,000), but federal employment has leveled off, partially as the result of a government economy drive. White-collar employment is continuing its fast...
...Giants are weak on the mound--especially in relief. The second-line starters behind Marichal will be people named Gaylord Perry, Bob Bolin, and Ron Herbel. Sanford is the question mark. If he recovers his 1962 form (24-7), the Giants are the team to beat, but Sanford is now 35 years old and a recovery from his 2-5 season seems unlikely...
...Crimson's weak hitting is complemented by some equally unimpressive pitching performances. Larry Melfa, rained out yesterday against Springfield, Kent Mitchell, or John Scott may go against B.U. Scott's record of 1-1 with a 2.35 ERA is the only solid, performance on the roster...