Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Equally important elements in the women's victory were the sacrifices made by many of Harvard's swimmers, who selflessly decided to to forego their best events and swim in some of their weaker events so that the team's talent would be events distributed...
Then again, you've got remember that's as much a result of the poor records of just about every Ivy League team Harvard has played as it is the result of purposely scheduling weaker opponents...
...After six months of talks, a proposed agreement was rejected by the union rank and file. As a result, Chevalier expects the jobless rate to rise from 8% to 10% by the end of the year. Said Chevalier: "Maybe France is a country where the capacity to adapt is weaker because every agreement must be negotiated at the highest level and then be applied by everybody, rather than operating on a case-by-case basis...
...history was still against them. Only a week earlier. Harvard had used a combination of sloppy offense and atrocious defense to lose to a weaker Dartmouth squad that fell to Penn...
...pioneering quest to become the nation's second-highest elected official, Geraldine Ferraro ran not one campaign but two. On one level, she sought to do what running mates always have: stump long and loyally for her party's presidential nominee and bolster the ticket among his weaker constituencies. On another level, Ferraro was running for the history books. As the first woman ever nominated for the vice presidency by a major party, as well as the first Italian American, she broke new political ground along every step of a grueling four-month journey...