There is an understandable fear that some big banks perceived to be weak won't be strengthened sufficiently, because their respective governments would want to avoid the national humiliation of admitting that these flagship institutions have become fragile.
If Republicans can't oppose a tax increase in a weak economy, they don't deserve to win the Senate majority.
The children were so weak they couldn't cope when a tiny drop in the temperature came after sunset.
But badly governed or militarily weak allies haven't led to disaster in the past.
Martin's left arm, leaving it so weak he couldn't lift a soda can.
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Roger Swenson was only 40 when his heart was so weak he couldn't walk 200 feet without gasping for air.
Prepaid, or pay-as-you-go, phones used to be the province of consumers whose weak credit didn't qualify them for traditional cellphone plans.
Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is a reminder that the worst thing for an investor isn t a weak outlook, but an uncertain one.
At an orphanage in Nepal there was one girl who couldn't keep her eyes open and looked so weak and delirious that Gordon wasn't sure she would survive.
Don't be so weak as to forget problems which are not constantly being rubbed in your face.
The investment bankers put the shares into fairly weak hands that didn't seem interested in holding the stock.
China was still the low-cost producer, but its weak distribution system couldn't support Giordano's new emphasis on streamlined delivery.
It added, though, that the recovery will be weak if governments don't take further action to remove uncertainty from bank balance sheets.
The weak housing figures didn't break Wall Street's stride though, as the Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.8%, or 67.86 points, to 8, 390.77, while the Nasdaq Composite index jumped 2.1%, or 37.23 points, to 1, 802.15.
If you get a manager who comes into the dressing-room who is in any way weak, or who wasn't the best trainer or the most dedicated, the current players will see that as an excuse to not be the best trainers or most dedicated themselves.
The majority of forecasters expect it to continue to be weak - because they don't think there's much chance of a rapid economic recovery which pushes up domestic prices or wages, and because they think the new sources of energy coming on stream in the US and elsewhere will help keep a lid on the world price of oil and gas.
The view isn't surprising given the other weak data reported in economic sectors from manufacturing to retailing.
The weak central government in Baghdad hasn't intervened so far, but Kurdish politicians know there will eventually be a clash.
The tailgate is kind of heavy, though, and lowering the cab wall requires some lifting, as well, so this isn't a vehicle for the weak.
Her mother was a weak-willed woman who couldn't protect her daughter.
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If price isn't reliably dispositive and the weak yen might not last anyway, why not keep the same price overseas and then simply book higher yen-denominated profits for each unit you do sell?
There are a million reasons why I hope "Struck By Lightning" resonates with audiences, but on a personal level I hope by showing a character like Carson, someone tragically robbed of all the life and potential they possess, I'll help convince this generation (and maybe even convince myself) that trying doesn't mean you're weak -- it means you're alive.
Last week China posted weak manufacturing reports, and analysts aren't optimistic about upcoming data.
"She is an icon, and you don't become an icon by being weak, " Nevius said Monday.
Though they've kept spending longer than he expected, he says they won't be able to defy their weak balance sheets much longer.
The device's novel tablet controller stayed judgment for a short time, but it didn't last long -- a weak launch lineup, a slow operating system and software delays soured an already judgmental community.
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