Nor can the more exotic particles responsible for the weak and strong nuclear forces.
More disappointing was the economy's unexpectedly weak showing in the second quarter, a more European-style 1.1% at an annual rate.
The Federal Reserve chairman had telegraphed that more support for the weak economy was coming in his Jackson Hole speech a few weeks back.
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The prevailing image of Obama in the face of the past week's scandalous revelations is more similar to the weak and aimless Bulworth of the film's beginning.
Will the strong then be more likely to stand behind the weak?
The market place is still tentative and here are the important overnight developments: There was more weak economic data coming out of the European Union overnight, which continues to suggest that bloc is teetering on collective economic recession.
The Fed has slashed interest rates, promised more cuts if the economy stays weak and perhaps most important sharply reduced the odds of financial-market catastrophe by extending its safety net to investment banks.
Mr Gore wants to stand out as the man who can sustain the high-tech boom, and at the same time devise measures that protect the weak from technology's more alarming consequences.
"We expect the second half of 2008 will be more challenging than the first half as weak economic conditions and the consumer credit crunch continue, " said, Jim Farley, group vice-president for marketing.
The illness can be more serious in people with weak immune systems such as the elderly or very young.
Earlier this month, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the Bank should consider injecting more money into the economy if growth remains weak.
Amazon's strong results contrasted with the overall weak sales data more broadly.
That sets up a counterintuitive situation in which the stock market might react more favorably to weak September jobs data than to a strong report, which would lessen the odds of additional monetary easing.
Doing so would remove the exposure to the weak US dollar, which is making Saabs more expensive to US consumers.
The data have been weak, but the market has been driven more by central bank action over the past few months.
Five and eight-year Treasurys are up, while 10 and 30-year bonds are down, investors expecting the United States Fed to invest more in the short term bonds to stimulate a weak economy than the long term ones.
There will be more weak patches like the summer of 2010, when investors' joy may quickly turn to gloom.
Our work force, although not fully utilized currently is productive and with the dollar so weak we are more than competitive.
U.S. and European stock markets were weaker Monday, pressured by the EU debt crisis and some more weak economic data coming out of Europe and Asia.
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U.S. and European stock markets are weaker Monday morning, amid the EU debt crisis and some more weak economic data coming out of Europe and Asia.
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"If colleges do not adapt to shifting demographics and the weak economy making families more price sensitive, there will be fewer institutions, " Wittenberg President Laurie Joyner said in an interview.
The report said that towns and cities with less dynamic private sectors, such as Hull, Doncaster and Newport, would find it more challenging to offset the weak national economy and the ongoing shrinkage of the public sector.
Unfortunately, though there is a growing chorus urging some form of action to restore America to fiscal soundness, and at the very least avoid a major fiscal hit to an already-weak economy, many expect more of the same from Washington.
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The stock has gradually recovered more than 20% after the market punished it for the weak Q3 results.
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But while Mr. Osborne will welcome a BOE shift to a more "pro-growth" agenda, he will be aware the situation demands more than a simple tweak to the BOE approach in response to weak GDP numbers.
With the economy surging and the dollar weak, the data argue that the Fed should adopt a more aggressive stance, not mull a pause.
And overall you see that the run-up at consumer debt truly was much more explained in the last few years by a fairly weak labor market, very weak job growth, especially in manufacturing, where especially African-American men are disproportionally concentrated.
There is perhaps a more fundamental point, made this morning by Jonathan Portes of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research - which is that one of the main reasons the government can borrow more cheaply than for a century is that the economy is so weak that investors expect interest rates to remain incredibly low for years.
The company said the outlook for 2013 was "somewhat more positive than a year ago, although the recovery remains weak by historic standards and pressure on many households' finances remains acute".
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