Word: feeblest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thing about Suckerman, the clinging vinyl critter, is that he doesn't stick. Don't believe the box. He simply doesn't grip most surfaces. Despite the suction cups that bulge from his body, he makes but the feeblest attempt to cling to the wall of the Jordan Marsh toy department, bouncing off again and again with his shallow vinyl grin intact...
...make the House more responsive to new ideals and the will of the majority. To the dismay of the freshmen, the changes also further loosened party discipline. The liberal House Democratic Study Group has found that party unity on three of the attempts to override presidential vetoes was the feeblest in 20 years. In an unprecedented move, about 30 first-termers met recently with Albert and demanded that he exercise more control over Democratic votes on key issues, perhaps through the House Democratic Caucus. That body happens to be headed by Phillip Burton, a liberal from California and leader...
...thinking with numbers so much that they cannot evaluate some of the most important works of our time. Part of the problem may be that, at this school, anything mathematical smacks too much of the dreaded pre-med courses. Worse, "thoughtful" courses in the social sciences often cover the feeblest exclusively verbal epigones of Mars but not far more important works by thinkers like Paul Baran, who are articulate both with words and numbers. Too often, students are taught that they should think thoroughly before looking at facts...