Word: weakenesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...independent like men." Eventually, after studying English at a women's college, Doi chose instead to take law at Doshisha University, where she saw a movie about the young Abraham Lincoln. "I will have to be like Lincoln," she recalls thinking to herself. "A supporter of the weak...
Under Plan E, the city has a "weak-mayor" form of government, in which almost all executive power is vested in a city manager. The mayor, elected by the city council from its own ranks, plays a mostly ceremonial role, and while the council ultimately shapes city policy, councillors are prohibited from interfering with city employees...
...Henley, delivered with a snarl and a smile, but The Heart of the Matter, which ends the record, is the struggle for a different sense of place, another state of grace: "I've been tryin' to get down to the heart of the matter/ Because the flesh will get weak and the ashes will scatter/ So I'm thinkin' about forgiveness/ Forgiveness/ Even if, even if you don't love me anymore." Brand new, that song already sounds like a classic...
...empt other beliefs, making one a eunuch to the interplay of opinions. It is a distortion to turn "You can express any views" into the proposition "I don't care what views you express." If liberals keep equating equality with approval, they will be repeatedly forced into weak positions...
...Japan is increasingly forced to look outward, the short-term impact of this year's elections will be minimal. The upper house is weak under the Japanese system, and all of the day-to-day decision-making power in Japan rests with the bureaucracy, not elected officials...