Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stage was set for another leap in the Marcos legend. Called to duty as an intelligence officer, 2nd Lieut. Marcos required only a few weeks to become a hero. His idea of intelligence duty was to prowl behind the Japanese lines?often in his personal Oldsmobile sedan?probing for weak spots. He found one on Bataan's Mount Natib: a Japanese military battery that was lobbing 70-mm. shells into U.S. General Jonathan Wainwright's beleaguered defenders. Marcos and three privates scouted the battery, trailing two bearded Japanese artillerymen to it, then cut loose. They killed more than 50 Japanese...
...1940s, the Huk menace was massive: it claimed 14,000 fighting men under arms, and controlled by terror and taxation some 4,000,000 Filipino peasants, mainly in central Luzon. President Roxas, who died in office of a heart attack, was succeeded by Elpidio Quirino, a well-meaning but weak lawyer who was unable to come to grips with either government corruption or the Huks...
...astonishing distinction so far this season. Going into last Saturday, Coach John Yovicsin's undefeated Cantabs had averaged more points per game (36.3), more yards rushing (346), and more on total offense (442.3) than any major team in the nation. The opposition (Lafayette, Tufts, Columbia) was admittedly weak, and last week's opponent, undefeated Cornell, was supposed to provide a sterner test. Harvard slaughtered Cornell 21-0, to keep the glory dream going-at least for another week...
...shapes are a dead giveaway. When, for example, the conical nose of a tumbling projectile-like satellite is pointed directly at a ground radar station (see diagram), the radar "sees" only a small cross section; the reflected pulse is scattered in all directions, and the radar reading is relatively weak. As the projectile begins to swing broadside to the radar, however, its radar cross section increases; reflections become stronger. When the satellite's flat rear surface turns to face the radar antenna, the reflected pulses become even more intense. The changing pattern that forms on the radar screen...
...however, General de Gaulle's franc is looking a trifle weak on the world's markets. A hint of softness appeared in the last week of August, when the franc slipped from its normal 4.90 to the dollar to 4.91. Then it went down to a rate of 4.944 two weeks ago, and last week it drifted indecisively before closing...