Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...battle for third place, Cornell came back to defeat Columbia, 31-20, in New York as halfback Ed Marinaro upheld the claim that he runs well only against weaker opponents...
Injuries will hurt the Crimson. Harvard's weak offensive line will be weaker if tackle Eric Honick is benched with a bruised knee. Harvard's defense may be missing cornerback Rick Frisbie and tackle Mark Steiner. Frisbie will probably play, and even if he doesn't, Barry Malinowski will be available to move into the starting line-up. Steiner is more seriously injured, and more irreplaceable...
...drove their camel herds across 100-mile-wide tribal grazing grounds, venturing into town only to sell their animals. They observed stern codes for everything from vendettas to hospitality. Bigger tribes like the Beni Sakhr, when they suffered a bad winter, carried out a gazu or tribal raid, plundering weaker tribes of their camels, horses and food...
...Deficit. Added to an earlier report that unemployment in September rose to 5.5%, the highest rate since January 1964, the figures trace a pattern of recovery that is weaker than the Administration had hoped. By latest count, 4,300,000 Americans are out of work, up from 2,700,000 in the month that President Nixon took office. There is reason for concern, too, 'about whether the latest statistics indicate any strong business revival ahead...
Applied anthropology may be risky, but it is not wrong. Anthropologists feel the conflict between pure research and the desire to help because they have traditionally seen their role as protectors to the "weaker peoples or this world who are not articulate in standing up for themselves." Anthropologists try to represent the people they have studied to their governments, but most researchers avoid any more direct involvement in assistance programs...