Word: weak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Storer also offers a weak argument to the effect that McCarthyism was the reason for Velikovsky's rough reception. However, the straightforward and courteous manner displayed by the book's publisher and editor in their correspondence with him indicate that for whatever reason Velikovsky is getting better treated today. Ironically Velikovsky released this collection of letters to his followers because he felt they showed a continuation of his mistreatment...
...desire to be Bart Starr or Mean Joe Greene, tough, hard-bitten, or just awesomely good. But giving Paper Lion was also a way of saying, "well, we're not really like that, we're really more like George Plimpton, bumbling and weak by comparison, but that's okay...
After Curry missed making a beautiful diving pass on another bomb, he got off a weak 13-yard punt. Eli star John Pagliaro, the nation's leading scorer, broke into the open on a run and gave Yale a first down inside the Crimson...
Walsh said yesterday she was very pleased with the results, especially the Crimson's showing in the breaststroke. The team was expected to be weak in this area, but the quartet of Beth Maher, Mary Ellen Mangano, Diana Borden and freshman Hope Lampert splashed to a surprising second-place finish...
...first effort without being overly critical. Gallo's play bears the marks of a talented young playwright, yet at the same time it bears the scars that usually mar a first work, albeit in a somewhat unusual fashion. The production itself has some very strong points, but also some weak acting, an annoyingly static plot, and seemingly uninspired direction, all of which leave it somewhat lifeless...