Word: weak
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...Wall Street argues, albeit on weak ground, that the new model does in fact learn from the lessons of the last decade. In the mortgage-backed security market, subprime loans functioned as adversely selected “lemons,” and the mortgages most likely to fail were the ones most likely to compromise the integrity of the securitized assets. In this new market of life insurance securities, it is instead the healthy insurance candidates who are the liability. This time, to offer life insurance to the physically unhealthy—in other words, the “subprime?...
Finally, Harvard's (#4) write-up is weak. Incredibly weak. After Arizona State has 20 lines of commentary lavished upon it, Harvard, the Grandaddy of Them All, gets 24 words, total. In fact, here's the whole thing...
Finally, Harvard's (#4) write-up is weak. Incredibly weak. After Arizona State has 20 lines of commentary lavished upon it, Harvard, the Grandaddy of Them All, gets 24 words, total. In fact, here's the whole thing...
...Unlike Starbucks, Peet's didn't have that initial alarming attack on the palette. Instead, it's nicely smooth, with that signature Peet's bite in the finish. The earthy, wholesome taste is peculiarly velvety. But the only drawback may be that it seems like a rather weak coffee...
...refugee activists are skeptical about the resettlement proposal, which is voluntary and still has to be confirmed by E.U. governments. "It's a first step, but it is weak and we don't expect it to have a major impact on the refugee intake," says Bjarte Vandvik, Secretary General of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, an alliance of NGOs. "It's only on a voluntary basis. We expect many countries will only increase their intake by a few dozen." (Read: "Drought and Famine: Ethiopia's Cycle Continues...