By most accounts, Stephen Hadley, her replacement as nationalsecurity adviser, is a weak figure in the White House, and Cheney's influence has waned in the second term, allowing Rice to consolidate foreign-policy decision-making in her department, as Powell never could.
The total gain of 0.05% is a weak figure.
He is a weaker figure than he was a week ago.
Even if Xi's predecessor, Hu Jintao, shared that concern, he was a weaker figure who relied on collective leadership: "He did not, and probably could not, take on the entrenched interests – ie corrupt crony capitalism – head-on," said Lü.
Compared to LPS, ATP is a weak inflammatory stimulator (Figure S4), and barely recruited neutrophils (Figure 5).
Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secertary, was also seen as a weak figure at the time.
Philip IV himself is a weak and fading figure in this painting, which does the job of court portaiture and yet makes the monarch seem a nonentity under the profound, ironic scrutiny of one of the world's most serious artists.
"Underlying this is the near-universal view within the Taliban that their leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, is a weak and ineffective figure," he said.
One big rap naysayers repeat is that the Iraqi government still doesnt have its act together (the fact that Iraqs U.S.-conceived constitution makes the prime minister a weak figure is overlooked).
One big rap naysayers repeat is that the Iraqi government still doesn't have its act together (the fact that Iraq's U.S.-conceived constitution makes the prime minister a weak figure is overlooked).
