Word: weak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Basket Case. Despite his heady popularity, it would be foolhardy for Bobby even to think of reaching for the presidency in 1968. No President who wanted renomination in this century has been denied it, however weak his record. And Lyndon Johnson's record-at least in domestic legislation-is unsurpassed by that of any other President. As for the second spot, Lyndon has pointedly reaffirmed his attachment to Humphrey. "As long as I am President," he told labor leaders at a private White House dinner, "I want Vice President Humphrey by my side." Thus Bobby has been urging overeager...
Speaking to the Tokyo press, Reischauer described Mao's mainland as country," "fundamentally a contended weak that and Peking's real backward power is too often exaggerated. In coming decades, he predicted, it will be industrialized and democratic Japan - not China - that will be the source of "in spiration" to other Asian lands. Added Reischauer: "Communist China's in fluence is an influence by fear. I am certain that Japan's positive influence will prove infinitely more important." In fact, he suggested, "in the long run Communist China will be one of the countries influenced...
...ranks only No. 13 in the U.S.-though he did beat the world's No. 2 and No. 3 players, Australia's Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle, to win a tournament Down Under last year. Up to now, Graebner's trouble has been a relatively weak backhand, which has kept him from a Davis Cup singles berth. At Cleveland last week, he had the backhand to go with his searing forehand and serve. In the first singles match, he beat Mexico's Joaquin Loyo-Mayo 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, then...
...that the President's Club was a vehicle for buying favor from the Administration. No more so, deadpanned Moyers, than the Rockefeller family's contributions to the G.O.P. were aimed at buying favor. Actually, explained the Justice Depart ment, the antitrust suit against Anheuser-Busch was a weak one and had been dropped "on the merits alone...
...crucial testimony at the jury tampering trial, and a group of Philadelphia members brought legal action in 1964 to prevent the use of union funds in Hoffa's legal defense, a move that has so far succeeded. For the most part, though, opposition to Hoffa is divided and weak. Potential putsches die aborning for lack of courage or of a rival leader strong enough to attract wide support...