And that would have been something that Musharraf, who is in a weak position at the moment, would have found difficult.
But Mr Duncan Smith's history puts him in a weak position when it comes to issuing demands for loyalty.
Meanwhile, Netflix is also in a weak position with the providers of bandwidth that gets the videos to consumers.
The NFU Wales said that the role was essential given that farmers, "who are in a weak position, are taken advantage of".
Certainly, the Lib Dems are in a weak position to demand a more proportional electoral model from Mr Cameron after this result.
Marek Belka, the prime minister, is in a weak position, as his ruling Democratic Left Alliance has been falling apart over scandals and a weak economy.
The Treasury says that an independent Scotland using the pound would be in a weak position, dependent upon decisions taken by the Bank of England which, by then, would be an institution in a foreign country.
Although Morley, who was part of Villa's victorious European Cup triumph in 1982, wants to see every area of the current side strengthened, he is quick to point out they are far from being in a weak position.
That could put Bristol-Myers Squibb in a weak position, allowing Icahn to bargain for an even higher price--even though it's unlikely any other big drug maker would want to purchase ImClone given the company's exclusive Erbitux deal with Bristol.
It is just as likely that the military is using the vagueness in his pronouncements to grab as much ground as they can, leaving the KIO in such a weak position it will be forced to negotiate on the government's terms.
But it has a weak bargaining position, not only due to the Clarke-Modi personality clash.
This is compared with a cross-sector average of 21% businesses in Scotland in a similarly weak position.
And women in many parts of Africa are in a weak negotiating position when it comes to insisting that a man put one on.
Yet the government there may find itself in a weak bargaining position when the time comes for it to square up to "the General", as GM is sometimes called.
But the micro-celebrities themselves have a weak bargaining position.
Undermined by Colombia's long-running political scandals, President Ernesto Samper is in too weak a position to offer meaningful peace negotiations, as he promised when elected in 1994.
Many veteran attorneys will say it is hard to sway a justice at argument to your side, but it's easy to cede your core position with a weak presentation.
The Eurocrat architects of the euro never believed a nation once in the club would ever need to quit, let alone be in a position that was so weak it could undermine the whole currency.
It has also-ran products, and its talent pool (despite 19, 000 employees) has been decimated by years of cost cutting and underfunding as Motorola was ramrodded by Carl Icahn into a split, and a very, very weak 5th position in the market.
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Their legal position appears weak: a buyer of illegitimately acquired goods has no one to blame but himself.
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In response to Tuesday's announcement, Fitzgibbon argued that the lower than expected price was a result of Commerce's weak negotiating position due to the regulatory issues, coupled with the thinning out of potential buyers due to the distractions of the summer's credit crisis.
Bungled deals with Starz and Warner Bros. that left it with no deals or weak deals have put Netflix in a long-range weakened position.
Its 3% yield may put off some income-hungry investors, but Kilroy has shown it can grow even in a weak economy and has good strategic focus, with a dominant position in its geographic centers.
"Ericsson is maintaining its top position in wireless networking equipment and technology, so the company will not be forced to merge with another player from a purely competitive position perspective, but rather may be forced to merge to reconcile its weak business model and financial condition, " Lesieur said in a note.
Structural policy adjustments have played a role in some countries, but the improvement also reflects cyclical effects, in particular the relatively weak cyclical position of many advanced economies and movements in terms of trade.
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