Word: weakest
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...Governor of California, Reagan built a strong administration, saw the state budget double and, says Wills, "committed the very sin he inveighed against -- government." The same imbalance of reality and myth continues during the presidency, which takes up the last and weakest portion of a 41- chapter book. Here Wills' cinematic thesis tends to fade out. "What is Star Wars," he asks rhetorically, "but another, more complex projector meant to trace, in lasers and benign nuclear 'searchlights,' the image of America itself across the widest screen of all?" But Reagan is not the inventor of the Strategic Defense Initiative...
...economy's weakest moments came during the year's second quarter, when fears began to grow that the recovery might have run out of momentum. Growth virtually stagnated from April through June, expanding a measly .6%. A primary cause was trouble in America's farm and oil-producing states, whose woes temporarily dragged down the whole U.S. economy. But the downturn jitters proved unwarranted; the economy bounced back with a 2.8% expansion in the third quarter and was expected to perform at about that level during the October-December period...
...rebounded well tonight," said Delaney Smith, referring to one of the team's weakest areas in previous games. "Nancy Cibotti did a good job on defense...
Unfortunately, Ginsberg is at his weakest when he gets bogged down with repetitive political diatribe. He ends two different poems with the image of Einstein and the atomic bomb, and he criticizes President Reagan's policies ad nauseum...
...while the interest rate trend has been favorable, hundreds of the weakest thrift institutions have been all but overwhelmed by unexpectedly large losses from bad loans. Many of the shakiest institutions are in communities that rely on farming or energy production, which have been deeply depressed. About 31% of the savings associations in Iowa and 43% in Oklahoma are losing money. Just last month, a major oil-patch S and L, Western Savings Association of Dallas, was declared insolvent, and control of its $2 billion in assets was seized by the bank board. It was the third largest thrift industry...