Word: weak
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...that impulse to extremes. Often, the biggest stars do the least for the songs. Serj Tankian of System of a Down opens up “Riot” with angsty screams and a guitar riff that recalls the work of his own band. When Tankian returns for some weak white rock star rapping, we wonder why Wyclef bothered. Shakira appears on “King and Queen,” inspiring hope that the duo will recapture the “Hips Don’t Lie” magic, but her chorus disappoints. It’s devoid...
...bulk of expenses for UC-funded parties was startling. It makes me glad as a parent of a Harvard sophomore that the College sought to cut off the booze spigot from term-bill funding. But why expend so many inches in print to criticize the UC for being weak-kneed simply to be able to continue to spend funds from term bills lavishly on beer, wine, and liquor? Surely there are more important issues to address. It makes me wonder whether there is too much imbibing at Crimson staff meetings. GARY MITCHELL Highland Park, NJ November...
...final bout to fall 5-4. Despite fatigue from a nine-match week, last night was a relief for the fencers, who faced a much less experienced Jumbo team that has not beaten Harvard in recent memory. “We pretty much knew that Tufts is fairly weak, it’s one of those teams we like to fence every year to support them,” Crimson coach Peter Brand said. “It gives me a chance to play some of the walk-ons, which is very important to me,” he added...
...hardly any certainty that the dollar will keep falling. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody's Economy.com, believes the free-fall might be slowing: "I think the dollar is near a bottom via the Euro, pound and Canadian dollar. Foreign exchange markets are already pricing in a very weak if not recessionary U.S. economy and substantial Fed easing." And while he thinks the dollar still has further to go in relation to the Chinese Yuan and other Asian currencies - he predicts another 5% to 7.5% until early in the next decade, when he thinks the Chinese-U.S. trade balance...
Until recently, Venezuela's opposition was so weak and fragmented it seemed unable to even fathom an electoral victory. But, in the early morning hours on Monday, it sealed a surprising triumph over the constitutional reform proposal of a President who, in nine years, had never lost an election. Scrambling to explain this aberration in a land where Hugo Chavez dominates the political landscape, many political observers point to the thousands of university students, who, dormant until this year, clogged the streets to protest the reform in the weeks leading up to the vote. Raul Baduel, the former defense minister...