That emphasis, in turn, has diverted what was already weak-kneed attention to history, literature, art, etc.

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Mr McLetchie said the root of the problem is the "weak-kneed approach" to exclusions by the Executive.

BBC: Photo of Scottish flag

The American administration, this time, immediately ruled out any such weak-kneed reaction.

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For a moment I felt like I had taken a real job working for a big corporation and the thought made me weak-kneed.

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While I support the goal, the proposal was a weak-kneed and poorly considered one that would have simply created a pass-through to California's energy consumers.

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There may be plenty of reasons why teams and leagues have trouble with cost control, though weak-kneed management that tends to buckle under these kinds of ultimatums are certainly a big one.

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Liberals have spent more than a month slinging mud at Gonzales, and now weak-kneed conservatives are giving in and saying that maybe the attorney general should go because: "Look, he's covered in mud!"

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That alone was enough to leave me weak-kneed.

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Penalising weak-kneed European countries is hard enough.

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The sport itself was weak-kneed.

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