Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trade deficit is starting to move in the right direction," said Lawrence Chimerine, president of Wharton Economics. "But most people forget that adjustments bringing this about have a negative side effect: a weaker dollar, wage cuts, a squeezing of purchasing power and a pushing up of interest rates...
...many atoms, particularly those of metallic conductors, the outer shell has a number of empty slots, and the electrons that it does contain are not bound as tightly to it as those in the inner shells. Just as the sun's gravitational pull is weaker on distant Pluto than on nearby Mercury, the hold of an atomic nucleus is also weaker on electrons in the outermost layers...
...Senate Watergate hearings, of course, transformed Sam Ervin into a national icon and forever linked Howard Baker with the line "What did the President know, and when did he know it?" But the TV cameras can also be cruel; Watergate did little to enhance the political careers of the weaker performers...
...valuable race to have," six-man Austin Moore said, comparing the setback to the varsity heavyweight loss on opening day two years ago to a weaker Brown crew. The heavies bounced back, though, and eventually took the national championship...
...loyalty to existing stations and networks," he says. "We have an opportunity to establish ourselves and win an audience." The key question, of course, is how big an audience. Though Fox owns powerful stations in such major cities as New York and Los Angeles, many of its affiliates are weaker UHF outlets. Fox is projecting an average rating of 6 for its prime-time shows, far less than the 16 or so that is usually a passing grade on the networks...