Word: weak
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Although it still claims its innocence on antitrust charges, the software giant Microsoft on May 10 presented Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson with an alternative remedy to counter the government's proposed breakup. Unsurprisingly, the company's solution placed unacceptably weak restrictions on Microsoft's future conduct and left open a number of loopholes that are likely to be closed by the government's plan. A remedy as narrow as Microsoft's will not do enough to dissuade the company from continuing its abuse of monopoly power--a stronger resolution to the case must be employed...
...toxic - and will also research more manageable (i.e., smaller) alternatives to the ubiquitous monster trucks. The threat of increased gas prices, after all, continues to hang over the car industry, and a sharp increase in rates followed by a demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient cars would expose automakers' weak spot for the highly profitable (and gas-guzzling) SUVs. So, with one eye trained firmly on public opinion, Ford will persevere as an innovator by adopting a proactive stance toward environmental and safety issues. Because in the end, Mr. Ford told the New York Times, if automakers continue to ignore...
...true Vikings--those marauders of monasteries, those fearsome invaders from the north--had long since vanished, except in myth. As Europe's weak feudal fiefs had grown into powerful kingdoms, the Norse raiders had run out of easy victims. In England the victory in 1066 of William the Conqueror--a descendant of Norsemen from Normandy--marked the end of Viking terror...
...Cornell team posted a 41-9 record against weak competition going into last year's tournament. Playing non-conference games against Div. 3 Ithaca College may have been a good confidence booster, but they failed to prepare the Big Red for national level competition...
...album's weak point is "Yipi," a Cherokee chant/American folk fusion song so downbeat I can't imagine anyone would enjoy driving to it. Still, The I-10 Chronicles provides enough bright moments for a long road trip, just in time for summer...