But she was crushed by voters in their 20s and 30s, underscoring a core weakness she also suffered in 2008.
In the past, the procurement department ensured that sustainability was integrated into purchasing, but we found that a core weakness was that individual departments often did not follow up and ensure that our suppliers met their original commitments.
How would the candidates repair the years of slippage reported in the long-promised program to effectively screen passengers against terrorist watch lists — a core weakness enabling the 9/11 suicide attacks?
For both main parties, the funding dilemma underlines a core weakness: namely, that the Tories are the party of the rich, while Labour is so in thrall to the public sector it can't be trusted on the economy.
But what happens between now and the start of the playoffs will not change the notion that for the first time in Torre's five years as manager, the Yankees will go into the postseason with a core weakness.
Again, communication, cited by several experts as a core weakness of Mr. Klein's administration, will be crucial.
Anthony DiClemente, an analyst at Barclays Capital, said, "It's not a huge miss, but it does speak to the rapid deterioration of advertising, to the real core weaknesses in those categories, online and publishing".
The core weakness of the mainstream media, in this sense, is less liberalism than parochialism.
But core weakness, and particularly a German slowdown, might compel them to act sooner.
