Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sargent, who played JV ball last year, did an unusually fine job of fielding on the Southern swing, coming up with a number of tough chances. His bat is a bit weak, however, and Shepard hopes he can add meat to his .210 batting average...
There seemed good reason for concern, for Saud is supposed to be suffering from hypertension, a weak heart, a polyp in his digestive tract, asthma, and Allah knows what else. When eleven doctors converged at his bedside, things looked, from the outside at least, pretty grim. It turned out that Saud was complaining about his liver (his own remedy: banana puree in Chantilly cream with five scoops of ice cream for breakfast), and his blood, for which his doctors quickly ordered bottles of plasma as a precaution. Saud's spokesman reassuringly squelched the flurry of worry. "The doctors...
Outside Paris, Christoff is generally considered the best Boris, and his new recording (Angel) is unquestionably the top. London has also recorded the opera's great arias (Columbia), but his claim to the role is more in acting than in voice; his basso register is weak; his voice is a shade too high and light for Boris' thundering miseries. Cesare Siepi sang an unforgettable Boris at the Met for years, but his Mediterranean approach to the role introduces the irrelevant question of Whom Does Boris Love...
...beginning of the winter, the Crimson appeared weak in the 600 yard race, but sophomores Keith Chiappa and Gage McAfee were pleasant surprises in that event and could fill the holes in the spring 400 yard...
...these methods could not make the the story of a pathetic border sheriff in Touch of Evil as interesting as the life of Charles Foster Kane. Mr. Arkadin has a more heroic figure than the sheriff, but Welles' personal triumph in the title role cannot compensate for the weak ending and even weaker acting of the co-principals...