Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...distaste for force in the Confucian order is profound, one indication being the low social status of the soldier. Men who know how to employ ruse, the traditional weapon of the weak against the strong, are particularly admired. A famous Chinese story describes how a poet wrote a novel considered dangerous by the Emperor and was summoned to court to be punished; he bribed the boatman to travel as slowly as possible, and by the time he arrived, he had written a new novel so fantastic that the Emperor decided he must be insane and spared his life. To many...
Harvard is finally considering the creation of a much-needed Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, but the proposal passed by the Committee on Educational Policy may be too weak to be meaningful...
...Parliament and were thus in a weaker position than Indira, who won her own constituency in Uttar Pradesh by a 3-to-1 margin. Most of the surviving leaders, especially the powerful state chiefs, rallied to Indira-though hardly for the best of reasons. They prefer a relatively weak Prime Minister, who will let them run their own affairs with a minimum of direction from New Delhi, to someone like Indira's main rival, former Finance Minister Morarji Desai, 71, who undoubtedly would like to curb their independence. To give Desai less time to collect supporters, the party...
...unlikely, but Wilson made the extreme threat because he needed a solid base of support if he hoped to push through his current European policies, which are somewhat contradictory. One contradiction is evident in Wilson's talk about the state of the British pound. Is it strong or weak? Wilson seemed to want it both ways...
...numerous shortcomings. Only when the proceedings stop is it in trouble. For that reason, while saluting the urge which produced them, I have to register objection to three attempts to make legitimate this joyfully bastard show: the self-conscious counterpoint of the "Like You Like It" reprise; the weak, semi-serious ballad, "Is It Really Me"; and the tedious choreography of Pan's Dance, which wastes the considerable talents of Director Wilson and dancer Ron Porter...