But increasingly their differences are seen as a source of strength rather than a weakness to be overcome.
The report highlighted a weakness in the criminal justice system when dealing with such cases.
This involves a delicate dance of jujitsu, or turning your opponent's strength into a weakness.
If Innocentive has a weakness I think it lies in not talking up the bigger picture.
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De Tocqueville noted that democratic people have always had a weakness for memorialising their leaders.
He acceded to a more thorough exam, which revealed a weakness on the left side.
The lack of a credible reformist opposition has long been a weakness of Turkish democracy.
Barnier acknowledged the fact the tax would be limited to Europe was a weakness.
Australia searched for a weakness as a dentist does for holes and could find none.
Smart leadership creates an environment where yes is not viewed as a weakness, but as an opportunity.
Will the SHA1 hashing scheme be found to have a weakness before the end of the year?
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Stelios has a hard edge, his own executives privately citing his sharp-tongued "interpersonal skills" as a weakness.
Small, with cropped hair and a weakness for wide-lapelled, double-breasted jackets, he has an easy-going public manner.
Kirsch has always had a weakness for causes, but she learned to marry them to a disciplined approach.
If they decide they have nothing to lose, this ploy could now turn out to be a weakness.
IKB, a lender to small companies which was bailed out last month, had a weakness for exotic products.
But cancer has largely escaped its reach and for decades fended off researchers' efforts to find a weakness.
But she has yet to define herself broadly, and Democrats are trying to paint that as a weakness.
But many share the left's sense of human vulnerability, and a surprising number have a weakness for psychobabble.
This can either be a weakness to exploit or it can be the ultimate downfall of modern conservatism.
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There is not a weakness in Lewis's game but Joe's defence is good and his ball-carrying is particularly strong.
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In most of this, coalition has proved a strength rather than a weakness.
But this trait should not be regarded as a weakness but as an asset when it comes to selling.
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Since last year, Google has improved its reputation in Brazil, Russia, India and China, closing a weakness in 2010.
The good news is that these types of attacks always have a weakness.
His strength clouded his judgment when his situation changed and became a weakness that damaged other people and himself.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
If he has a weakness, it's that people think he's such a newcomer.
But Mr Obama's trip was designed to do more than address a weakness.
There's also a chance that Samsung's scale could turn out to be a weakness as well as a strength.
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