Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This is probably the toughest schedule that any Harvard team has ever played," Dooley said. "And you don't get any better by playing the weaker teams...
Most economists agree that the U.S. recovery is far weaker than the recent 2.7% GDP growth spurt indicates. "That was a nice number, but not sustainable," says Lea Tyler, manager of U.S. economic forecasting for Oxford Economics in Pennsylvania. The results included a temporary bulge in defense orders and a consumer shopping spree that blossomed in July but quickly faded in August. Moreover, Tyler said, the mild drop in unemployment from 7.5% in September to 7.4% reflected a shrinking labor force as students returned to the classroom and discouraged workers stopped looking for jobs...
...says Cinderella's Prince to the Baker's Wife. It is an apt description of this production of Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim's musical valentine to the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales. The competent cast does a good job with the funnier first act. But especially in the inherently weaker second act, the actors too often seem lost in pro forma direction and overwhelmed by the pit orchestra from hell. There are saving graces--the well designed set and scene-stealing cow are two examples--but John Weinstein's production of Into the Woods, while polished and charming, is basically...
...introducing the "survival of the fittest" concept, school choice would force the closure of weaker schools and induce struggling ones to renovate and restructure themselves. This would permit otherwise ineligible students to receive an education equal or comparable to that of their more affluent peers...
This act is weaker than the first. Husovsky and Dawson perform their parts well if unremarkably, and Bubriski remains strong. The problem mostly lies in the transition from "opera buffa" to "verismo tragedy," as McNally has labelled it. That contrast contains the play's power, but it also puts a strain on its credibility. It is a difficult trick to plausibly turn a witty, realistic play about aging professionals' romantic entanglements into a violent and grand tragedy, no matter how many references to operatic emotion are strewn throughout. Despite the fine acting, the second act drags a little...