Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first meeting of the party's 200-man Central Committee since the emergency began. Poles hoped that the general and the committee would give them some clear signals about the nation's future and perhaps even announce a recovery program for an economy that was growing weaker day by day. But the expectations came to nothing, and that in itself was significant. By doing so little, the rulers of Poland revealed how much they were still the prisoners of events that were far from being resolved...
...negotiators, their armies pushed back into the environs of their capital, exuded the sense that history was on their side; militarily predominant Israel acted as if one wrong step would spell its destruction. There was a reversal between victor and defeated, with the stronger asking for guarantees and the weaker demanding territorial advance. Syria commanded respect in its selfdiscipline; Israel, compassion in its foreboding...
...Stalwarts Josie Iselin and Betsy Howe, both sophomores, took advantage of varsity playing time by dominating their weaker Penn rivals at number six and seven...
While the President said he had given the Republican leadership some "running room" to bargain on the Hill, the maneuvering space was narrow indeed. One senior Administration official explained that it is "too early" for any Reagan retreat from his budget since that would make him "look weaker than Jimmy Carter." The implication was that the President might compromise later. If not, Ronald Reagan could wind up risking the judgment that he places his personal determination to be consistent above the economic well-being of the nation. -By EdMagnuson. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett/Washington and Douglas Brew with Reagan
...Harvard's wome's squash team learned that lesson the harvard say a week ago when a weaker but hungrier team from Princeton bested the newly crowned national champs in their home court at Hemenway, 4-3. Not about to be taken by surprise again, the racquetwomen showed why they belong on top by whipping a Yale squad gunning for an upset at Payee Whitney Gym in New Haven Saturday...