Word: weak
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...cleaning up Congress the way teenagers clean up their bedrooms, and the result will be the same mess." BRIAN BAIRD, Democratic Representative from Washington, on the narrow passage of a lobbying-reform bill that critics say is too weak...
Harvard pediatric neurologist Dr. Martha Herbert reported last year that the excess white matter in autistic brains has a specific distribution: local areas tend to be overconnected, while links between more distant regions of the brain are weak. The brain's right and left hemispheres are also poorly connected. It's as if there are too many competing local services but no long distance...
...physics majors out there, I hear it has to do with the Magnus effect. Or maybe the Bernoulli effect. When it works, it replicates the desired effect of a well-crafted pick-up line: it makes the recipient go weak in the knees...
Gold is also a traditional safe haven from a weak dollar, which many (including Warren Buffett) are betting on. Dollar pessimists point to the massive U.S. budget deficit, which if uncorrected should weaken the buck over time. With that in mind, insurers and pension funds have begun allocating 2% to 5% of their portfolios to precious metals and other commodities...
After what began as a weak first half, BachSoc was able to work itself to an impressive closing piece. The evening closed with a standing ovation for Chetel and BachSoc for a concert and season well played...