Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fire was simply bad organization. His was one of two groups that had been plotting a coup and, of the pair, the least likely to succeed. Composed largely of Roman Catholic "outs," Phat's men were strong in their denunciation of Khanh as a "traitor" but weak on rallying tactical military support. Phat's only triumph lay in convincing Major General Duong Van Due to send elements of his Mekong Delta-based IV Corps north to Saigon. Ironically, Due thought he was joining another coup-that of a group of younger officers headed by Air Commodore Nguyen...
...with new elections due early next year, five weak opposition parties last week summoned up their nerve and nominated a candidate to challenge Ayub. The nod went to Fatima Jinnah, sister and collaborator of Mohammed AH Jinnah, the late father of Pakistan independence. Razor-tongued and prickly (she once snubbed visiting Eleanor Roosevelt after a fancied slight), "Miss Jinnah" enjoys such personal prestige that probably no government could silence her-and she has been increasingly critical of Ayub. But she probably represents no great threat to Pakistan's soldier-chief; a political novice and around 70 years old, "Miss...
...Courtroom drama," that trite darling of novelists and dramatists, has authentic origins: civilized mankind's transforming willingness to submit its disputes to third parties for impartial judgment. The ritual can impart strength to the weak, modesty to the immodest, and equality to the powerful and wealthy...
Jacqueline Kennedy did not attend the convention itself, but she did spend half a day in Atlantic City. She arrived on the convention's final day, traveling on the Caroline along with the Kennedy sisters-Eunice Shriver, still weak from a kidney ailment, Jean Smith and Pat Lawford. Hundreds encircled her when she stepped out of a black Lincoln at the Deauville. Many in the crowd shouted: "Hi, Jackie!" Others, just seeing her, sobbed...
...White Sox made this year's All-Star team. They are sixth in the league in batting (.248), ninth in home runs (86). Lopez has taught them that weak hitters should be choosy swingers-and so they lead the league in walks. The Sox are also opportunists: 39 of their 75 victories have been decided by two runs or less. "We steal a run, we cheat a run, we beg or borrow a run," says Lopez...