Word: weaknessness
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In the depiction of Robert, the radical lecturer in chukka boots, we see Gordon's severest weakness: her drawing of male figures. All her men are foils for her heroines. Incomplete and inconsequential, they serve for Felicitas and Isabel to learn another part of the unvirtuous secular and as love...
Meanwhile, the partial Soviet grain embargo continues, despite Reagan's campaign promises to end it. Administration officials fear that lifting the embargo would be seen by the Soviets as a sign of weakness. American farmers, who once loudly protested the embargo, do not seem to be hurting. Most of...
The Cohasset native also has excellent range in the field. He concedes that he has a weakness batting against certain left-handers ("I would understand it if [new Sox manager Ralph Houk] sat me down against tough lefties," he said recently), but his solid six years batting against all comers...
Alan Greenspan, an adviser to President Reagan, warns that the S and Ls' weakness could force the Federal Government into a massive bailout of the thrifts. One grim scenario: queasy depositors make a run on the S and Ls, withdrawing their savings and cashing in the $40 billion in...
Kinski' Tess, like the film itself, lacks vigor. Her naivete digresses into weakness. Yes, Tess is a hopeless victim of an indifferent universe, but Hardy's character possessed a spiritual fortitude that vanishes in Kinski's performance. When Tess finally tries to seize control of her life, to alter her...