This seems like an odd thing to worry about, given how weak the European economy is.
But while Lady Gaga's Bad Romance reveals the strength of the modern pop promo, Pixie Lott's Cry Me Out shows how weak-willed they can be.
You cannot read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" or "The Catbird Seat" without wondering why he returned so persistently to the theme of how weak-willed men are steamrollered into acquiescence (or, less often, spurred to revenge) by the incessant nagging of strong-willed women.
How weak must the Milosevic regime really feel, given how it treats the media?
Farrell, in the best performance of his life, gives the weak-willed Terry a piteous self-loathing that's very touching.
In this interpretation, parents see themselves as dangerous risk-takers ("tiger parents") who, like Jack Bauer in interrogation mode, push their children right up to the edge (but not too far!), while children come to see themselves as hardened survivors, burdened with the ultimate decision: unleash hell upon their own kids, or give in to weak-willed Westernization?
When her dope-smuggling husband is gunned down, her gangster DNA kicks in — Marta is the daughter of a San Francisco-based Russian gangster — and before you know it, she's facing down F.B.I. agents and learning how to seduce weak-willed port supervisors.
Saying "no" does not make you look weak-willed; it does not make you seem unappreciative.
Declaring himself a Democrat would make him look weak-willed, and alienate some of his fans who might otherwise vote for progressive Democrats.
If they are given to superstitions (obviously, whether you think you will win a prize has no effect on whether you get it), men are apt to believe that if they allow themselves to entertain visions of defeat, the fates will punish weak-willed pessimism, and thus convert their paltry expectations to self-fulfilling prophecy.
