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Word: weak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sedative. Absentmindedly, without really meaning to, he gives her much too much. She dies, a victim of what might be called a Freudian sleep. The audience is left with the impression that Belle was practically begging to be murdered, and that Dr. Crippen, as usual, was just too weak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Torso Murder | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

Earlier we saw the fantastic as a refuge from mundane reality. Liz offers a chance for a real-life adventure! But Billy is too weak for actual escape; the lure of Ambrosia is too powerful. Kidding himself to the last, he "misses" the train which carries...

Author: By Jacob R. Brackman, | Title: Billy Liar | 2/19/1964 | See Source »

Traditionally a weak spot, Harvard's foil squad has been shining recently; it positively glowed Saturday. Dan Kirsch and Rich Kolombatavitch won all three of their bouts. After he won two bouts, Dave Dooley was replaced by Malcolm Parry, a promising sophomore who lost his match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Down Trinity By Score of 17-10 | 2/17/1964 | See Source »

Francis' serve pinned Train to the wall. The return was weak. Francis was in control of the point and his down-the-wall shot tied...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Francis' Fantastic Comeback Gives Squashmen 5-4 Win Over Princeton | 2/17/1964 | See Source »

Most people will settle gladly for a few hours a night. But how many are really necessary? For centuries there have been six, seven-and eight-hour schools. Healthy men with strong digestions, Robert Burton held, need less sleep than those with weak stomachs; sanguine and choleric men need less than the phlegmatic, and the melancholic need most of all. Thomas Edison claimed that a man needed only four or five hours of sleep a night-but he also took daytime naps. Among volunteers in scientific studies, the natural sleeping time has ranged from about six to more than nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Physiology: Mens Sana In Corpore Sano | 2/14/1964 | See Source »

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