Word: weak
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With all these challenges, it’s no surprise that Mogwai’s work over the past ten years has been somewhat uneven. When they’re weak, the music is tedious, derivative, and overwrought. But when Mogwai are on, their songs stir us in a way that few other things—musically or otherwise—can. Their strength lies in an ability to take a simple riff and slowly weave an epic arrangement around it, until every color of every note has been revealed. A single chord can be heartbreaking...
...amicus to interject issues into the case.”He also said that he thought the statutory argument was an poor strategy on two grounds. First, he said, the law school professors’ brief “made it seem as though the constitutional challenge was weak.” And second, if the Harvard professors’ brief had succeeded, he said, “Congress would have been able to pass a law to accomplish what it actually wanted, and that would have brought the constitutional issue squarely back to the court...
...take first.”In addition to the weather, in a NEISA event with so many races, depth becomes a chief concern for everyone.Fortunately for Harvard, it is one of the team’s strong suits.“We don’t really have a weak link,” Johnson said. “Some teams have one or two rock stars and a third that’s not really as good. The fact that we’re not like that is definitely helpful at these regattas.”That depth comes...
...Chris Ridolfi to play the entire roster. “These games are fun,” co-captain John Freese said. “They allow you to work on different things, and everyone saw some playing time.” Harvard’s defense contained a weak Sacred Heart attack throughout the match, as the Pioneers registered only 28 kills on .063 hitting. On the other side of the net, the Crimson offense sputtered at times but managed a .239 attack percentage, led by freshman middle hitter Brady Weissbourd’s 11 kills on .529 hitting...
...episode points to a larger weakness in the way the Bush White House is organized in an election year. Its congressional relations office has never been strong and is particularly weak now. Other than the Vice President, who left his seat in the House 17 years ago, the President lacks a single senior staffer who has ever been elected to Congress. At various times, all of Bush's predecessors found a reason to check this box: Bill Clinton had longtime California lawmaker Leon Panetta as chief of staff, Bush's father had former congressman Henson Moore as a deputy chief...