Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...middle of terror activity, of hostility, to come and present a vision of an abstract idea like peace. Of course, the reality was much more concrete and bloody. But the greatness of Rabin and Peres was that they said we are strong enough now to be a little weaker, to take a calculated risk...
...that game, Harvard sputtered to a 2-0 loss, its worst Ivy defeat against one of the league's weaker teams...
Today the military is far weaker and more fragmented than it was back then. Like the country, it is divided over which candidate to back, and some U.S. officials argue that it is too demoralized and underequipped to intervene politically. Still, Yeltsin needs all the votes he can get, so his low standing with soldiers is a worry, and among Russian officials there is real concern that force will come into play after the election. Yeltsin needs to win the military back to his side, or at least neutralize its dislike...
...concept of freedom," he says. "They substitute freedom of action for freedom of thought. They see freedom as license. They don't realize freedom requires self-discipline. They fear that freedom leads to anarchy. They view it as the ability, if one can, to lord it over those weaker than they are." This may explain why, in a survey of almost 2,500 Russians conducted in January by Richard Rose, a professor at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, 77% of respondents answered "order" when asked whether order or democracy was "more important for Russia now." Only 9% chose "democracy...
...Crimson has spent the past week honing its weaker spots, such as handling ground balls and controlling the game between the restraining lines...