Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...weaker and more discredited than at any other time I can recall. No one really takes the U.N. seriously." Nonetheless, Kosciusko-Morizet stubbornly defends the international organization in its latest period of trial. "There are a lot of steps the U.S. could take," he says, "between threatening pullout and letting Israel be expelled...
There are two kinds of painting in it: straight and plate. The straight paintings-pigment on canvas-are the weaker and look like nth-generation abstract expressionism, which, in fact, they are. Their grid and curlicues come out of Matisse via Richard Diebenkorn, suffering indignities in translation: the drawing is sloppy, the color mud. There are also some steals from Robert Motherwell, in the form of maps of Europe with overpainting. Such work is homage rendered as cliché; but then Schnabel's reputation rests more on his plate paintings, layer on layer of broken crockery combined with things...
...been losing." Altman said And after the 15-12, 7-15, 15-7 defeat. Altman feared that "the same frame of mind that said. Oh God, we're going to lose again would continue. Everything could have snowballed again, especially since Maine was one of the tournament's weaker teams...
...game the Angels themselves only amassed six hits. But California Manager Gene Mauch made the most of them by letting his stronger batters hit away, even several times with a 3-0 count, and having his weaker batters lay the ball down. In fact, the last two batters in the Angel lineup, shortstop Tim Foli and catcher Bob Boone, drove in three of California's four runs...
Warming to the task of playing the top-ranked teams in the East in the next few weeks, the Harvard water polo team beat up on some weaker competition Saturday...