Word: weakest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...destroy the contras, perhaps as soon as early August. Government newspapers and radio stations have begun a drum roll of reports proclaiming that "the people" are demanding action against the rebels. An all-out attack by Nicaragua's 70,000- strong army would catch the contras at their weakest. Cut adrift by their U.S. patrons and torn by internal feuding, the guerrillas barely resemble a credible fighting force. About 6,000 rebels remain in Honduras, where the government is increasingly eager to see them leave, or are camped along the border. Only some 1,500 troops have filtered back into...
...everything into the middle part of the race--the weakest part was the last 500," Thompson said. "It was a close, fast race and it was great to beat Yale. We are one-and-a-half seconds faster than we were two weeks ago, so we can get three seconds faster in one month [for the national championships on June 5 in Corning...
...Bush's weakest point on the drug issue may be his claim of ignorance about General Noriega's involvement in drug trafficking. On the subject of drugs, Bush is doing an Iran-contra have-it-both-ways tango. He boasts that he was a hands-on administrator of the antidrug efforts but was uninformed about Noriega's backhanded acceptance of drug money...
...over the voters in the swing states, Dukakis can't rely on his record as a capable leader. A well-crafted attack on Bush's weakest spot--his role in the Iran-Contra affair--may be enough to bring down his candidacy. But Dukakis shouldn't count on it. He must show that his policy in office would be a far better alternative to four more years of Republican rule...
...goalie was probably the weakest part of their game," Lux said. "We knew we could take some shots and so sometimes we were a little less patient than we would be normally. Usually we try and work for a shot near the crease...