Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...soul, yet dies a martyr for the truth. The viral truth his death was to conceal spreads and infects; like the worm of Solomon, it shatters only what resists it most. When Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, and Cassandra die, the victims of the ineluctable pest--"the right outstripped her strength"--, the weak remain to shield their dead from the night...
Running "California style" in white hat and sun glasses, the sophomore from Palo Alto broke the Franklin Park course record by 52 seconds Tuesday against a weak Boston University squad. His feat was made even more spectacular by the fact that he had warmed up by running the eight miles from Dillon Field House to Franklin Park...
Kennedy, with his $20 billion Alliance for Progress, had come into office with glowing plans for building stable democracy in Latin America. Yet in the past three years, most U.S. attempts to prop up weak governments have fallen flat. And there are well-founded fears that the worst is not over. All week long, the State Department chewed its nails over military muttering in Colombia, troubled by a weak President and backlands violence; in Venezuela, rocked by increasing Castroite terrorism, and in Brazil, where perpetual chaos brought the country to the point of martial...
...surely the Senators and the Secretary of State knew that such angry shouting and negative steps would not go far toward solving the problems. The U.S. experience in Latin America has plainly shown that giving aid to weak though nominally democratic governments is not necessarily productive, and that not all military regimes are necessarily the worst possible alternative. The U.S. clearly is still in serious need of a positive and flexible policy to deal with the complex problems of Latin America...
...varsity soccer team will seek its third straight victory today against a weak M.I.T. squad on the business school field at 3 p.m. After its taut 4-3 victory against Amherst Saturday, coach Bruce Munro's squad should have little trouble against Tech this afternoon. The game will be rebroadcast on WGBH-TV, channel...