Word: weak
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...much about Iraq can be predicted with confidence, but this much can: for the foreseeable future, it will be a messy country with a weak central government, a divided society and regular violence. At worst, as the Iraq Study Group report warns, Iraq will become a failed state racked by civil war that could spill over and engulf several of its neighbors...
...only getting touched twice. Ungar is the reigning NCAA champion in the epee and won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships last year. “He’s the best epee fencer in the country right now,” Brand said. The only weak point in the match for the Crimson came from the men’s foil squad, which was defeated, 5-4, accounting for Harvard’s sole loss of the meet. Brand has high hopes for the men’s team, as he expects it to repeat...
...Yesterday” places thoroughly made-up Jared Leto and his three companions in ancient China, complete with a child emperor and a non-sequitur samurai. There’s some plot about time travel and lost love and a treasure map, but it’s only a weak set up for some amazingly incongruous scenes: four pale, emo-uniformed men walking in the midst of samurai. Leto wields a katana while wearing black fingerless gloves. Two servants ask the Emperor what he wants most in the world; his answer is 30 Seconds to Mars. The video...
...Knowles’ excuse is tremendously weak. Given the unique position of student groups (relative to other gift account holders in FAS) and the small relative size of these groups, Knowles could have easily lifted the tax for the small number of gift accounts held by student groups. At the very least, he could have suspended it for a year to allow student groups to take appropriate actions in response to the tax. Such an action would not have been warrantless micromanagement; it would have demonstrated a prioritizing of student life...
...Harvard did not choke against a weak opponent—it fought and held on for the win against Binghamton—and was forced to play after a tough cross-country trip. The Crimson fell to an eventual finalist and a very talented squad...