Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...holding together the tenuous government coalition organized 23 years ago between his own Liberal Party, which controls 81 of Parliament's 184 seats, and the Country Party, which holds 28 seats. Lacking Menzies' charisma, Holt often had to resort to face-losing compromises that made him look weak. Still, that was better, he felt, than the Menzies-style one-man rule. Holt believed in a "leadership that can lead but at the same time be close enough to the team to be part of it and be on the basis of friendly cooperation...
Sparrow does not believe so, but to his mind, the errors in the critics' reasoning are obvious. He observed that "they put forward good points and bad alike, mingle discredited assertions with valid evidence, and make up for weak links in their hypotheses by asseveration and abuse of the Dallas police, the FBI and the commission...
...fairly stirring call to arms. Unfortunately, few Greeks heard it. Constantine had lacked the foresight-or the troops-to seize control of a regular radio station, and his message went out only on a weak short-wave station that was almost inaudible in Athens...
...final night, the promoters have a built-in "grudge" label they can attach, based on the Eagles' narrow 4-3 decision over the Crimson last week. This is an improvement over the tourney's first two years, when Colgate and Army, neither a major hockey power, were sole and weak delegates from the East...
Brown started this season meekly enough, despite Coach Jim Fullerton's billing of it as the deepest team in his 13 years at Providence. The Bears had to come from behind to gain a 5-5 tie with Northeastern, a team Harvard beat 9-0. McGinnis then shut out weak Providence...