Word: weak
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...which are becoming major issues in the race. Unlike Talent, and the majority of Missourians, McCaskill is pro-choice, supports gun control and has opposed banning gay marriage. The war on terror also features prominently in both candidates' stump speeches. Talent regularly projects Republicans as strong and Democrats as weak on national security, while McCaskill hammers Talent on his support for the Iraq War, which just over half of Missourians opposed in a recent St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll...
...more about ethics, and Alckmin knows this: It was only after he concentrated his attacks on widespread corruption inside the PT that his numbers rose. "I think Alckmin's strategy will be to continue on about the ethical questions and the scandals of the PT that are Lula's weak point," said Geraldo Monteiro, president of the Brazilian Institute of Social Research. "He can win it, he can most certainly win it. Lula without doubt underestimated him and he is paying the price for his haughtiness...
...central character of the novel but becomes secondary in the film. Penn Warren’s narrator invokes moral ambiguity and empathy; Law annoys the audience with his poor Southern accent, lack of emotions, and unnaturally waxy skin. James Gandolfini truly disappoints as politician Tiny Duffy, simply adding a weak Southern accent to his alter ego of Tony Soprano. Kate Winslet’s awkward bangs and dye-job are more memorable than her portrayal of pseudo-femme fatale Anne Stanton; as her supposedly honorable brother, Mark Ruffalo’s limp presence seems equally superfluous to the central plot...
...stunning performance as Amin, winning Garrigan over with his charm and luxurious taste. Only a hint of capriciousness foreshadows his insane dictatorship. Whitaker’s charistmatic portrayal never wavers, but his character fades from charming to terrifying. McAvoy holds his own against Whitaker, solidly portraying an inherently weak character. Garrigan is an unheroic protagonist, who struggles as much to accept Amin’s evil as he does to act on his moral misgivings. Garrigan finds himself fallen into a world of moral relativism, highlighted by the character of Nigel Stone (Simon McBurney, “Friends With Money?...
...sorry for those times the ubiquitous green logo of commercialized Seattle lattes lured me away from your independently-owned silver “T.” I regret the days I forgot my wallet and had to use my CrimsonCash on weak Barker Center brews. I wish I could take back my moments of weakness—in which I stood shaking on DeWolfe Street slurping down 24 ounces of iced Dunkin’ Donuts coffee in mere minutes—but I can’t. I can only hope that you’ll stick around long...