The dollar was, ehe, weak, but not as weak as it would be years later.
"There's a bit of relief rally from the growth data, which was weak but not as bad as people had feared, " said Andrew Milligan, head of global strategy at Standard Life Investments.
The country has run a deficit continuously for 30 years, but last year's was its biggest yet, driven not only by weak exports but also by rapid growth in consumer spending.
The trouble with John Major was not just that he was too weak a personality to be an effective PM, but that he also made weak decisions - or did not make decisions at all.
But weak management is not the whole explanation for NatWest's troubles.
Surowiecki points out that the main reason interest rates are low is not Fed policy but the weak economy, which has restrained the demand for credit.
Indeed, public figures sometimes seem not just weak but malevolent.
It can either side with the weak, but not necessarily hostile military junta which is dependent on US financial aid, or it can side with Islamic extremists who seek its destruction and that of Israel and have the support of the Egyptian people.
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He earned a set point at 5-4 up but could not convert, dumping a weak backhand into the net.
Frankly without consumer numbers the defense mission was not only weak, but feels like Ballmer squandered air time in a preeminent spotlight that he could have used to tell the world what Microsoft, the consumer company, was going to become.
To the extent that this fear can discourage traders from buying oil, the president may have a weak, blunt, but not altogether futile weapon against ever-rising prices that does not require lifting a finger.
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The research firm now sees PC units up 5% in 2012, down from a previous forecast of 10.1%, reflecting not only the weak economy but also the impact of tight disk-drive supply due to the floods in Thailand.
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But it has a weak bargaining position, not only due to the Clarke-Modi personality clash.
High demand: The concerns are not the result of weak demand but merely related to supply-chain issues which Qualcomm hopes to overcome by the end of the September quarter.
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In the Gospels, Saint Joseph appears as a strong and courageous man, a working man, yet in his heart we see great tenderness, which is not the virtue of the weak but rather a sign of strength of spirit and a capacity for concern, for compassion, for genuine openness to others, for love.
However, with the European economy struggling it would not surprise me to see the weak banks in weaker countries not just have their shares underperform but lose their value since they may have to merge with stronger banks or be taken over by their central bank.
But it does not answer accusations that he is a weak prime minister.
But the most likely outcome is an economy not quite weak enough and a crisis not quite large enough to galvanise spineless politicians.
Other debtors could have paid up but simply chose not to, knowing Mexico's weak legal system would let them get away with that.
But the Gadhafi regime was so obsessed with not appearing weak that it refused to let journalists see the hardships endured by Libyan citizens.
Investors would be buying Russia not because the dollar is weak, but because oil is strong, even if the two often do go hand in hand.
Lastly, cross-border financial integration has spread far enough to channel contagion from one country to another, but not so far as to break the cycle of weak banks and weak sovereigns bringing each other down.
But such an interim government will be weak and will not be mandated to go after the extremists.
Credit Suisse was not charged in the case, but did admit that weak controls allowed the fraud to take place.
Pay-TV looks a lot like retail banking: competition is weak not because the rules need rewriting but because customers are reluctant to switch suppliers.
He is not eligible to stand again, but, given the weak and fragmented state of the opposition, whoever Frelimo chooses to succeed him is almost certain to win the next presidential election in 2014.
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