Having perfectly controlled Fabregas' pass, the striker could only manage a weak effort that proved an easy save for the keeper.

CNN: Superb Spain too strong for Russians

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.

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Such searches are fast and easy, and often the computers they find have weak passwords.

WSJ: Hackers New Target: Small Firms With Lax Security

Why, then, did weak teams play in a way that made it easy for good teams to do the very things that made them so good?

NEWYORKER: How David Beats Goliath

"This is still a pretty strong labour market and, of course, it is not easy to reconcile that with the picture of underlying growth being still so weak, " he said.

BBC: Bank of England cuts UK growth forecast for 2013

The gold and silver markets popped higher immediately following the GDP report, on ideas the weak data will prompt the Federal Reserve to adhere to is very easy money policies presently in place.

FORBES: A.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Pops Higher Following U.S. GDP Contraction; FOMC Awaited

The Fed's easy-money policies have juiced entire financial markets to record highs, even as the economy remains weak and jobs are still hard to find.

WSJ: An Economy Caught in a Web

The yellow metal was immediately boosted in the aftermath of a surprisingly weak U.S. employment report, which suggests the Federal Reserve will keep its foot on the easy-money accelerator for some time to come.

FORBES: A.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Pops Higher after Very Weak U.S. Employment Report