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Word: weak (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been a part of her life since the days when her older brother had dreams of becoming another Johnny Unitas. "He learned to pass with me as the receiver," she remembers with a smile. "I chased badly thrown footballs in the hot Georgia sun for hours. I'm weak on strategy, but I do know pass patterns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jan. 10, 1977 | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...away for some time from such offensive terminology as mekura no kojiki (blind beggar) and bik-ko no kojiki (lame beggar) in their translations of the Italian tale. Nowadays the two villains are usually referred to in Japanese translations as "a cat with bad eyesight" and "a fox with weak legs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Nose Out of Joint | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

...requirement of the EK-2 hosts in p-3 labs that left Meselson with his only reservation about the report. "I think the guidelines they set up would be safe for p-4 experiments," Meselson said Wednesday, adding that he didn't think the weak strain EK-2 requirement was used at any of the other 12 research sites funded...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: DNA, Eventually | 1/7/1977 | See Source »

However, Harvard's policy since November 1973 (Its AA plan was finally accepted by HEW after two draft rejections) has been very weak on paper and even weaker in practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Task Force on Affirmative Action: Building a Mass Movement | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

...Virtually dictating city policies by manipulating a weak city manager for more than a decade, and by placing its executives on important city agencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: California Split: Dog Bites Dog | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

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