Word: weaker
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...asking them to make hard choices: courage over comfort, honor over wealth. Whether or not the polls bounce and the mood changes, Dole tried to frame the election as a choice: I am older, wiser, firmer and better, while my opponent--so flush with easy promises--is younger, weaker...
...spot. But the network didn't need to go so soft to attract women, who have always watched the Olympics in much greater numbers than they tune in to other sports extravaganzas like the Super Bowl. The attraction is not simply that the weaker sex likes weakness (did someone tell the losers it's O.K. to cry?) or syrupy bios...
...time of his wedding in 1981, Charles was expected to update the traditional role of constitutional monarch, while Diana would be the charismatic popular symbol. But largely because of the competitive rancor between the heir to the throne and his wife, public acceptance of the monarchy is considerably weaker today than it was even five years ago. While the institution is not in mortal peril, discussion of a republic has become both vigorous and respectable rather than a left-wing fringe topic. The best possible scenario now is a three-act drama: long, long life to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth...
...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...