I was weak.

I don't want to appear weak.

The country s economy has not just collapsed it is structurally moribund.

Nephron (from Greek νεφρός nephros, meaning kidney ) is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney.

Moscow wants to keep Georgia weak.

Libya, too, is a weak, divided country.

My grandmother was gradually becoming forgetful and frail.

Reactions in Europe, by contrast, were meager or non existent.

With competition weak, entrepreneurs did not rush to hire the unemployed.

That was our weakness, a defender, P. K. Subban added.

To enhance domestic demand, Asia, including China, must reallocate resources and structurally transform the economy.

Ukraine's relatively weak forces did not stand a chance.

She was anaemic, malnourished, and weighed only 4kg.

This is not healthy for the development of Armenia s democracy and weak economy.

A country with such influence over a military superpower cannot be considered weak.

They coalesced around a strategy of democratizing and westernizing a weak and indebted Russia.

Most countries with protected economies and lax protection of property rights languish.

Even with a weak health system, it is possible to achieve measurable mortality reduction.

Emulating the French statesman Cardinal Richelieu, Kissinger helped the weaker power against the stronger one.

Time has moved on, but the weak country s mentality is the same.

In other words, economic growth will turn out to be structurally much lower than is the figures used now for estimating deficits and debt.

The same can probably be said of various commodities, including oil, demand for which has been structurally underestimated.

According to an old Chinese saying, a just cause enjoys abundant support, while an unjust cause finds scant support.

Until now, Merkel had to deal with a weak or non existent opposition.

Extremist parties have also been marginalized owing to their weak position in pan European politics.

The other source of North Korea s power is its audacity in playing a weak hand.

Ostensibly, North Korea is a weak country with a disastrous economic system.

Looking back to the four red green years since 1998, one has to conclude that the neocorporatist style of round table agreements between Big Business, Big Labour, and Big Government no longer works.

The structurally conservative network of intertwined institutions lacks the flexibility and creativity needed to give an innovative answer to globalization.

Ambitious but thwarted presidents are easily tempted to take unconstitutional measures after all, they reason, the people elected them directly.

But the danger in a weakened democracy is not merely blocked legislation and ineffective government.

Skills gaps and a lack of infrastructure are frequently cited as factors that hinder service sector dynamism in Asia.

Should a country with weaknesses in its financial system simply avoid letting capital in?

The police shot at the crowd on several occasions, but proved too weak to intimidate the demonstrators.

As long as the yen remains weak, this investment strategy will be a money machine.

Bargaining over the economic surplus is often open ended, especially if competition is weak.

David Émile Durkheim ( or April 15, 1858 November 15, 1917) was a French sociologist, social psychologist and philosopher.

Confronted with disaster in Iraq, the risk of Afghanistan following Iraq into chaos, and the escalating crisis with Iran, the US can no longer treat the NATO allies with disdain.

Those countries whose economies remain relatively weak oppose tighter monetary policy.

How did it come about that the third power is by no means the weakest'' nowadays?

Although Europe remains militarily weak, America s power is now in doubt.

Before we provide financial assistance, whether bilaterally or through the international financial institutions (IFIs), we must determine the underlying cause of economic vulnerability and ensure necessary corrective action.

All these cases of preemption occurred when China was weak, poor, and internally torn.

But that arrangement failed financially and economically, and the US soon moved towards a full federation.

To dampen the additional inflationary pressures implied by a weaker rupee, more aggressive fiscal retrenchment is needed.