John took advantage of Bill's weakness.

You're taking advantage of her weakness.

Half the explanation lies in the weakness and incompetence of John Major.

But this strength can also be a weakness.

Security has been the biggest weakness of SNMP since the beginning.

There is now a growing recognition of the link between inequality and economic instability and weakness.

Yet diversity is all too often considered a source of weakness in the Middle East.

The Lisbon Treaty also succeeds in tackling another major weakness of the EU its ineffectiveness.

Indeed, some observers fear instability caused by a weak , rather than a rising, China.

Another of Asia s relative weaknesses comes from its poor record on innovation, a fundamental building block of prolonged economic dynamism.

This was the weakness of the Shah s regime, which collapsed as he became paralyzed in his decision making.

Turkey s ability to make headway in the Middle East reflects the erosion of US legitimacy and lack of EU influence.

This ambivalence can largely be explained by Western and Arab concern with the weakness and opacity of the Syrian opposition s political leadership.

Masculine qualities in a woman are seen as strength, while feminine qualities in a man are viewed as weakness.

The real problem at the heart of the Greek crisis is so grave because it involves the fundamental weakness of the euro its lack of support by a government policy.

Australia took advantage of Timor Leste's weakness and is now dodging its international obligations over the disputed marine border.

It has been argued that a key weakness in the MDGs was that they were written without the participation of the people whose lives they were meant to improve.

Doubts about Germany s role have much to do with the current economic and financial crisis, and also with the weakness of the European Union and its institutions.

Indeed, today s Russians have no nostalgia for the Yeltsin years, which they associate with confusion, humiliation, shame and weakness.

BRUSSELS For many years, the most glaring weakness in the European Union has been its inability to mobilise a common foreign and security policy (CFSP).

Despite their strong fundamentals, emerging countries still feel vulnerable in the face of the West s economic weakness, policy shortfalls, and political paralysis.

'The servant of God, Constantine, is betrothed to the servant of God, Catherine,' and having put a big ring on Kitty's slender, rosy finger, pathetic in its weakness, the priest repeated the same words.

Indeed, the world will be characterized for several years by the asymmetry generated by advanced countries weakness and emerging economies strength, which calls for asymmetry in these two groups of countries monetary policies.

In return for MILF cooperation, the US, Australia, and other interested countries must pick up political slack and build the government s capacity to deliver a sustainable peace agreement for Mindanao.

President elect Obama has shown pragmatism and realism, and seems to understand that accepting limitations is not weakness refusal to acknowledge reality is.

Recalling that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a least developed country with severe economic and social problems arising from its weak economic infrastructure and aggravated by the ongoing conflict,

The European Union s internal problems, and its ongoing sovereign debt crisis, are clearly linked to the weakness of its institutions, and, on Europe s periphery, it still confronts feckless democracies.

No academic laurels are to be won by finding innovative accounts as its cause the collapses were the result of financial weakness in countries where bad policies produced hyper inflation, which destroyed banks balance sheets.

Whatever Schröders own shortcomings and mistakes, they pale in significance for the future of Germany and the EU alike against the weakness of his office.

Profit margins have expanded to record highs as companies have cut costs, delayed infrastructure investments, borrowed at ultra low rates, and taken advantage of weak labor markets to avoid raising wages.

NEW YORK I have long been forecasting that it was only a matter of time before America s housing bubble which began in the early days of this decade, supported by a flood of liquidity and lax regulation would pop.

For example, the newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun recently lamented the shortcomings of the Kan government s response, emphasizing the poor lines of command running from the cabinet to officials carrying out rescue and supply operations. But it failed to point out that the feebleness of such coordination, linked to an absence of cabinet centered policymaking, was precisely the main weakness of Japan s political system that the founders of the DPJ set out to overcome.

But it failed to point out that the feebleness of such coordination, linked to an absence of cabinet centered policymaking, was precisely the main weakness of Japan s political system that the founders of the DPJ set out to overcome.