Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Small turnouts indicate only that many people are on vacation or resisting passively at home, Leyland says, and she denies media reports that the movement is weaker in other parts of the country. "They (journalists) say it's quiet, that there's no ruckus, no violence. That's only because people are protesting more peacefully...
...plentiful North Sea oil deposits, which will be worth even more if petroleum prices again increase. It is also kept robust by the country's 16% interest rates. British exporters, however, complain that their goods are now overpriced in foreign markets in comparison with products priced in weaker currencies. The dollar was robust largely because it remains, despite U.S. economic problems, the world's "refuge currency." Nervous speculators who cannot acquire gold traditionally turn to dollars at times of extreme world tension...
...those who liked weaker drinks, Cambridge still had much to offer. Now the city's water supply is plagued by too much salt, but then Cambridge's water was "valued by the Indians for its medicinal properties." The spring, near the present-day Brattle Square, was first spanned by a small brick arch so townspeople could reach down for their water. Even after progressives had installed a well, the site was renowned for "its clear, cold, pure water...
Felske gave special praise to freshman Erica Schulman for an "exceptionally strong match" in the number two slot. Schulman finished her match quickly as she overpowered a weaker Eleanor Knobloch with good groundstrokes to bring home an easy...
...because one factor is dependent on the other. The Ewing Oil empire supports the ranch home; the business keeps the family together. J.R. may behave like a raffish amalgam of Machiavelli and the Marquis de Sade, but if he is evil, he is a strong, necessary evil for the weaker family members. His ruthless devotion to expanding the Ewing empire almost justifies his weakness for the three Bs: booze, bribes and broads. Oil work and no play would make J.R. a dull boy-and would have scuttled Dallas long...