Word: weak
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...talk about what he plans to do as CIA director except to say: "The U.S. has had the finest information-gathering, analytical and scholarly organizations in the world of this kind. I would hope to maintain it and strengthen it." But he has refused to talk about what CIA weak spots he might attack and has not yet read the Reagan transition task force's report that recommends an increase in covert CIA operations and the creation of a central records system shared by the CIA and domestic law-enforcement agencies...
...Peres was somewhat more circumspect in his criticism. But after the dramatic Israeli raid on Entebbe in 1976, the Defense Minister let it be known that Rabin had been "forced" by the Cabinet to authorize the raid. Peres privately spread the word that he considered Rabin to be a "weak" Prime Minister who should be replaced...
...scot-free while accomplishing his purpose. Think of how often in the past year "well informed" newspaper stories about policy debates over Iran, Afghanistan or Iraq have implied that National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and the Pentagon are decisive and tough, while the State Department is waffling and weak-kneed...
...West views Prince Sihanouk as "a wronged man tormented by circumstances around him," he says, adding that "I see him as sort of a Caligula figure, manipulative, weak, somewhat crazy." Sihanouk accepted all proposals, and thus will remain a "false hope as long as he's alive...
...traditional Christmas splurge presents, everything from cameras to catcher's mitts, are hardly moving at all. Sales have stagnated for photographic equipment and hardware items. Toy sales in general have been weak this year. Concedes Douglas Thomson, president of the Toy Manufacturers of America, which represents about 90% of the industry: "Toys are the last thing to get hit at Christmas because parents take the attitude that kids should get a toy no matter what. Yet most toymakers now feel that they'll be doing well if they can simply break even with last year...