Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...haunting close whose effectiveness a third movement would have impaired. A major virtue of the piece was the restraint of the piano writing. The piano was an equal participant in the proceedings, and not, as in many such works, an overpowering mass to be fought against by the two weaker instruments...
Weak as these facts may seem in support of the existence of a Cantabrigian religion renascence, they are actually even weaker. It is interesting to note that the religion committee felt themselves "on the wave of renewed religious interest sweeping the country." They also felt that "in one way" the committee was not representative, since "from the start, each member shared in what might be called a pro-religious bias." This one way does seem a significant one. Another significant note is that, of the 190 questionnaires about religion distributed to students, only 150 of them were returned. One would...
...stronger next year. The Big Red, Princeton, and Brown handed the varsity its only league defeats. Princeton should be at about the same strength next year, in which case Crimson improvement would reverse this year's 15 to 11 Tiger win. Brown, on the other hand, will be much weaker, as it loses three standouts, with little replacement in the offing...
Harvard's strongest entry will be in the slalom, but will be considerably weaker in the Nordic events. At Middlebury, Don Stephenson finished fifth in the slalom, and at Dartmouth, Al Arkley placed fourteenth in the downhill. Both will be counted on heavily today...
...Europeans should not combine to assert, protect and expand those valuable things for which they stand in the world. Looking to the future, Macmillan thinks that perhaps one source of increased British self-confidence will be found in closer economic and political ties with Europe. That does not mean weaker ties with...