Word: weak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mertz used her agile frame to force Bruin Jane Meisel out of position throughout the last two sets. Placing shots deep in the corners Mertz calmly slammed home Meisel's weak returns for winners...
...again play spectators and scribes. The show completed, they will compare notes on this or that lecturer's ability to entertain, amuse, or inspire. They invariably pay attention to ther performer and not to the part: "He was better last time," some will say, or: "She was a little weak during the middle, but came on strong...
Studio executives may not be hurt as badly as theater owners; the studios can count on ancillary profitmakers: foreign sales, network and local TV, videocassette deals and, increasingly, cable TV outlets as well. But all those may decline during a weak economy, James says, and sales to the new videodisc systems may not be important for at least a decade. So put the Mercedes in the garage, unplug the hot tub-and get out the handkerchiefs...
...dies, and tough old Pearl now seems weak and uncertain. The film is not simply about a son living on; it is about the shock and sadness of parents dying...
...sunny morning in 1918, a weak, feverish Katherine Mansfield arose in a shabby hotel on the French Riviera and, for the first time, coughed up blood. "I don't want to find this is real consumption," she wrote in her journal. "I shan't have my work written. That's what matters. How unbearable it would be to die -leave 'scraps,' 'bits' ... nothing real finished...