Word: weaker
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...have increased from 15 million to at least 40 million since the late 1960s. Catholicism, says the Rev. Paulo Romeiro, Protestant director of an interdenominational research institute in Sao Paulo, is facing "a serious crisis. As the Evangelical movement grows stronger by the day, the Catholic Church is getting weaker and weaker...
...also question the durability of George Bush's skillfully constructed international coalition. Already suffering economicaly, those nations currently arrayed against Iraq cannot withstand endless months of further sanctions. As history shows, embargoes can only get weaker. We share the staff's aversion to war and its hopes for peace, but our sense of realism raises doubts about an indefinite reliance on sanctions...
Hard times in the airline industry have left a few strong carriers with most of the traffic and a handful of debt-ridden ones struggling to stay aloft. Last week two of the weaker airlines decided that a merger may help them survive. TWA chairman Carl Icahn, who began pursuing a merger with Pan Am two months ago, finally persuaded the rival carrier to agree tentatively to a deal. Under the terms, TWA would acquire Pan Am for $375 million, or $2.50 per share in cash and securities. The merger, however, depends upon Icahn's ability to provide a bridge...
...Crimson never really found its shooting touch, scoring at a 39 percent clip on the night. It was even weaker from three-point range, sinking only 3-of-16. But Harvard played a fundamentally sound game, committing only 15 turnovers, tallying 20-of-26 from the free-throw line and getting great ball movement...
...just that, rolling over a weaker Farleigh Dickinson squad, 87-61, in the opening game of the Fairfield Tournament in Fairfield, Conn...