Word: weakest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sharon's claim that he and his colleagues could not anticipate the ensuing slaughter was perhaps his weakest argument. Many Israelis knew that the hatred between Lebanese Christians and Palestinians had led to atrocities in the past...
...injury could also make adjuster Louis Varsames a spectator this afternoon. Without him, Harvard's defensive secondary will be at its weakest, but fortunately, Pickett seldom has quarterback Dean Pecevich throw anything but short laterals...
With organized labor at its weakest point in years, companies are flexing their muscles as never before. Negotiators representing eight major steel producers last month turned down a union offer to give up $2 billion in wage and cost of living increases over three years. Management held out for concessions worth $6 billion. By taking a hard line, the companies are risking their first strike in 24 years when the current contract expires at the end of next July. Yet with the steel industry still suffering from excess capacity and slack demand, the union has little leverage in the talks...
...action who learned the operational skills of diplomacy from his mentor in the Nixon Administration, Henry Kissinger, but who basically lacks Kissinger's vision of global strategy. In this sense, his epic shuttle showed him both at his strongest-striving to mediate an explosive confrontation-and at his weakest, because he was not home minding the global aspects of U.S. policy...
LIKE EVERY GOOD POLITICIAN, he is trying to convert what may be his weakest point into a strength. Common sense tells most people that experience in a field is essential for success. In what we like to think of as a meritocratic society, people "work their way to the top" of their field. Not always so in politics. Distrust of career politicians is always latent, especially now: Lakian is playing on it for all he can. "I'm going on 40. [former Governor and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate] Michael Dukakis has been running for office since...