Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although the question "Which business leader pioneered the mass-production assembly line?" (Henry Ford) was answered correctly by 92 per cent of the respondents, the students' knowledge of the Constitution was weaker...
Under Labor Party procedures, candidates for Wilson's post must announce by the beginning of this week. The first candidate who receives a majority of votes (159) from the Labor M.P.s wins. If no winner emerges on the first ballot, later this week, weaker candidates will be eliminated and the voting will go into a second and possibly third round...
Crucial Test. Even as the weak grow weaker, the strong currencies become yet stronger (see chart). The value of the Swiss franc, the world's solidest currency, has increased 5% since last September, while the West German mark has risen 3%. The dollar, which had been suffering only two years ago, now has won new respect abroad as Europeans become increasingly impressed with the vigor of the U.S. economic recovery...
...medley relay team, and Harvard coach Essick is hoping the Big Green can do him a favor by knocking off the Tigers. "Princeton has three great legs of their medley relay. [Bruce] Kone will swim either back or fly and whichever leg he doesn't swim will be the weaker," Essick said this week. "Dartmouth has sort of the same problem with where they swim [Mark] Stebbins, but they are still very good...
...spokesman suffice for both sexes, but it accepts assemblywoman and councilwoman. To "avoid words or phrases that seem to imply that the Times speaks with a purely masculine voice, viewing men as the norm," writers and editors are warned not to use "designations that are obviously disparaging." Examples: doll, weaker sex, the little woman and, in certain contexts, words like housewife, divorcee and sculptress. Gay, says the Times without explanation, is not to be used as a synonym for homosexual...