Word: weaker
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There is far more at stake here than simply standing up to those who would like once again to divide the world into spheres of interest, or subjugate others who are different from them, and weaker. What is now at stake is saving the human race. In other words, it's a question of what I already talked about: of understanding modern civilization as a multicultural and multipolar civilization, of turning our attention to the original spiritual sources of human culture and above all, of our own culture, of drawing from these sources the strength for a courageous and magnanimous...
Researchers have found that aweak version of the AIDS virus may help protect against the lethal form. A nine-year study of prostitutes in Senegal showed that those infected with HIV-2, the weaker cousin of the HIV-1 virus that causes most AIDS deaths, were 70 percent less likely to contract AIDS.TIME science writer Christine Gormanreports that the findings are encouraging news for scientists seeking an AIDS vaccine. Researchers will now try to isolate the part of HIV-2 that helps the immune system fight off HIV-1. Dr. Phyllis Kanki, who headed the study for the Harvard school...
...when the thoughtful senior does speak of his faith, sharing his compassion for those in need and offering a guarded critique of elements whose commitment to service is weaker, he is anything but shallow...
Dempsey said the new law is even weaker than anoriginal compromise proposed by local businessesand by the Massachusetts Restaurant Association,which lobbied against a tough bill...
...self-determination." However, by reducing everything on the Israeli side of the debate to "so-called" status, he can essentially induce the reader to question Israel's right to exist. Rather than strengthening his own argument, Tadros tries to get away with making the "other side's" relatively weaker...