Word: weaknessness
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The problem, especially for the Chinese, is one of "face." Jiang was strongly criticized for letting the U.S. off the hook too easily over the Belgrade embassy bombing two years ago, and he's clearly under pressure from the hawks in Beijing to hang tough. Some China analysts have warned...
Jiang's hard line revealed the weakness of his position at home. The crisis hit at the most delicate moment in his career since he took power after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. More than anyone else, he was responsible for restoring U.S.-China relations after that uprising. But Jiang...
Let's look again at the bullish argument. In Britain, the number of unemployed has fallen below 1 million, depending on how you count, for the first time in a quarter-century. Employers in long-depressed areas like the northeast of England can't find enough qualified workers to fill...
If justice is the most profound responsibility of public life, it is also the one we are least suited to fulfill. It's no mystery why this should be. We're human. Our byways are complicated. The institutions of law are infected with the same shortcomings - greed, dishonesty, weakness, indifference...
If justice is the most profound responsibility of public life, it is also the one we are least suited to fulfill. It's no mystery why this should be. We're human. Our byways are complicated. The institutions of law are infected with the same shortcomings--greed, dishonesty, weakness, indifference...