Word: weaker
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...past years, Independent voters have often backed the neighborhood candidate and not voted for similar policians from other parts of town. In Cambridge's proportional representation voting system, that hurts, for it means the Independent candidates must "win on number ones" instead of counting on transfer votes as weaker members of their slates are eliminated. And Independent number ones were down almost 2000 from...
While the Tribe has won three of its last four games, its overall record is a weaker-than-it-looks 3-5. Of the five losses the narrowest margin of defeat was 17 points to Virginia Military Institute, and W and M has lost 42-0, 47-3 and 27-0 this season. The defense has given up 213 points over eight games...
...Most likely they will run at the head of the pack again: Walter is intent on keeping his top-of-the-ticket showing intact, so intent that he has been rounding up support from former Crane supporters, votes the might have been of more help to some of the weaker Independents...
...B.S.O. is weaker in earlier music, tending to be sluggish and bottom heavy when it should be more refined and elegant. In recent weeks, performances of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony, Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 and Mozart's Symphony No. 28 have all been marred by Ozawa's ponderous interpretations. Ozawa's depth has long been questioned, and he is generally much more successful with the romantic warhorses or even modern pieces-as he was with the world premiere of Robert Starer's lean but melodic Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky's noisy Francesca...
What do you bid, James?" Her husband offers "my strength for your defense, my honesty for your surety" and other proprieties of a Victorian gentleman. Marchbanks answers: "My weakness! My desolation! My heart's need!" Candida chooses Morell as the weaker...