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Word: weak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...notoriously weak Brown team, even weaker than expected without Tom Ratliffe, who is not running cross country this year, did not interfere with or add to Coach Bill McCurdy's game plan...

Author: By Laura E. Schanberg, | Title: Men Harriers Cruise By Brown, 22-35 | 10/9/1979 | See Source »

...will last 12 to 15 months rather than six to nine months, as previously forecast. The economy will shrink 3% during the decline rather than just 1% to 2%. Meanwhile, inflation will remain near 10%. Not until next summer will expansion resume, and even then it will be rather weak. Scarce and expensive energy will mean that growth throughout the 1980s will be sluggish. Says Democrat Walter Heller, who was President John Kennedy's chief economic adviser and now counsels brother Teddy: "The bad news bear is up the path. The recession has only just begun to bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Recession: Deeper and Longer | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...interview with TIME Correspondent David DeVoss shortly before the coup, Amin came on like the ruthless strongman he is reputed to be, declaring that "change must be brought quickly while the counterrevolutionaries and imperialists are too weak to prevent it." Asked how the Kabul government could claim to have the loyalty of 98% of the population when the countryside was controlled by rebels, he responded with dialectic doubletalk: "Since the leader of our party is automatically the leader of the working class, our government is supported by all the working people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFGHANISTAN: Murder in the Mountains | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...melodies, like the melancholy "I Believe in You" and forceful "Precious Angel" carry the lyrics. Most of the music on the album, in fact, is very well produced and performed. But no one is going to say that any potential classics are hiding in this album. From the very weak "When He Returns" to the strong "When You Going to Wake Up," it is clear that some part of Dylan has died, but hasn't gone to heaven...

Author: By Suzanne R. Spring, | Title: The Gospel According to Bob | 9/26/1979 | See Source »

...That's quite true. We've caught about a hundred of them, and they were selling guns and ammunition. They don't care to whom, they just want the money. And this is why anybody who engages in corruption is a weak link in the entire organization. He must be eliminated. We are all agreed, from the chief of staff all the way down, that we have to cleanse the ranks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Interview with President Marcos | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

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