Word: weak
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...weak prime minister is precisely what the U.S. doesn't want now. After all, Washington has made clear that the first priority of a new government should be taking down the militias, with Sadr's Mehdi Army and the SCIRI-affiliated Badr brigade the focus of U.S. military action in recent months. But disarming these groups won't be any easier for a new prime minister than it was for Jaafari, because the basic dynamic won't have changed...
...that he has unlimited amounts of time and money. I'm sure the world appears to be populated with entertaining, emotionally revivifying people when you can spontaneously send a stranger you met in the produce section away for a spa weekend that would make Caligula's knees weak. And I don't have an estranged son, but if I did and could impulse buy him a VW Beetle (black, convertible, with bud vase) the way Richard does for his son Ben, I doubt we'd be estranged for long...
...service jobs from which it's almost impossible to be fired. This flight from risk is not just a sign of civilizational senescence. It is a parody of the welfare state. Yes, the old should be protected from precariousness because they are exhausted; the sick, because they are too weak. But privileged students under the age of 26? They cannot endure 24 months of precariousness at the prime of life, the height of their energy...
...quality starts as we got from [Castellanos] and Brunnig,” Walsh said, “Unger came in and had six punchouts in two innings and you’re wishing you had a fifth game to throw him.”“After a weak start for our pitching staff, it’s kind of good to see guys coming through,” Brunnig added. “Getting their pitches down, hitting their spots, taking care of business.”Harvard added a pair of runs in the second...
...practiced mournfully,” Harvard coach Chris Ridolfi said. “And tonight, we just didn’t stick with the game plan.” In the meantime, unaware of the goings-on in the Warriors’ match, the Crimson opened with a weak effort, posting only a .097 hitting percentage in the first frame. Though Harvard kept pace with Lees-McRae (8-4) early, the Bobcats fired off a 7-2 run to move ahead 19-12 and force a Crimson timeout. Lees-McRae later took five consecutive points on senior Kevin Peoples?...