Word: weak
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...result, though, is a cup of coffee that tastes less like a cup of coffee. My first sip of Pikes Place was simultaneously harsh and weak. (OK, actually, my first sip was dominated by notes of overwhelming pain, because of the universal takeout practice of boiling coffee like the cauldrons of Hell so it arrives at its destination warm.) The lighter roast results in some brighter notes, but it also gives you a less full-bodied coffee - yet one that still tasted a little overboiled. (Maybe I'd caught the pot toward the end of its 30-minute shelf life...
...have to be reactive and on your toes. It requires a lot more athleticism and skill than most players initially think,” says co-President of the Harvard Table Tennis Club Tim L. Kovachy ’09. Ping pong: not for the weak. Or the uncoordinated. In the end, though, the competitors managed to keep their cool in the heat of the competition. “Just play point by point,” Clifford Beltzer ’10 says. “Forget about the score and play your hardest every point...
While students with laptops frequently complain of spotty wireless signals and weak connections in their dorm rooms, the most recent computer service survey indicates that wireless satisfaction has increased substantially among the student body...
...public didn't trust Washington to enforce the laws. People assumed that existing illegal immigrants would be legalized while new ones continued to stream in. So now McCain pledges that nobody will get legal status until border-state governors certify that illegal crossings are under control. It is a weak promise. Because nearly half of illegal immigrants came here legally and then overstayed their visas, "border control" does little to actually slow the growth of the illegal population...
...life, you take them too seriously.Ultimately, in trying to celebrate what got us sports fans hooked on the games we love in the first place, Leitch has missed one of the greatest things about sports: the way they bring people together. Boys and girls, young and old, strong and weak, nerdy and not—almost everyone loves some sport. Leitch writes that people use sports as an escape from their daily lives, a contention that is true but is not the whole story. People of all colors and sizes and walks of life are sports fans...