Word: weak
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...fact, since GM's contract with the United Auto Workers (U.A.W.) expires in September 2007. Until then, Wagoner seems to be gambling that the company can stay afloat via a series of tune-ups, ranging from having workers bear more health-care costs (annual savings: $3 billion) to eliminating weak models and launching redesigned SUVs and pickups next year--and praying that high gasoline prices don't bog down the plan. Plenty of skeptics believe Wagoner's plan is too limited. "If you have an earthquake and a building falls on someone's leg and he's stuck, you amputate...
...solve problems and get closure. I tell family members that it's O.K. to have different convictions about whether that person will return as they were. I urge them to be patient with each other and, even in dire circumstances, not to judge the hopeful person as weak or deluded. It's human to nurture hope in the face of uncertainty...
...need to know about those who not only sacrifice their money and time but also put their lives at risk to ensure a better life for the powerless and the less privileged. There is no greater calling than to serve humankind, no greater contribution than to help the weak. So let us be our brothers' keepers. Olabinjo Hakeem Lagos Ordinary people can create a sea change for the world's desperately poor and sick simply by contributing to reputable aid organizations. As the gift-giving season approaches, Time's report challenges us to make a tradition of contributing life-sustaining...
...mark (3-4 Ivy) and recorded wins over Harvard and Princeton. Shoop could not capitalize on that momentum, however, winning just one Ivy game, an ugly 9-6 victory over Dartmouth, over the next two years. The Lions started off the 2005 season with two straight wins over two weak opponents, Fordham and Duquesne, before dropping their final eight contests of the year. Columbia was outscored 293-63 in its seven Ivy League games, including five defeats by 30 or more points. “The athletics program at Columbia is committed to the pursuit of academic and athletic excellence...
...quite funny), and the scenes of Marcus writing rhymes or spitting a cappella verses lack the passion of Eminem’s manic scribbling or his showdowns with the Free World. With 50’s lazy slur and strangely sensual voice, he sounds pretty weak before hot production pumps up his sound. Furthermore, his insatiable need to flood the rap market with “G-G-G-G-Unit!” music clearly influenced his decision to weave the film soundtrack into the plot. Showing him writing these songs—which are, overall, pretty terrible?...