They must also assess the strength of the recovery, which has shown scattered signs of improvement in crucial areas like labor and housing but remains largely weak and uneven.
Although traditional wisdom suggests that baseline levels of testosterone (T) promote aggressive behavior, decades of research have produced findings that have been largely weak and inconsistent.
It's easy to imagine the Star Wars franchise as a vast playground of infinite possibilities, but everything that's happened in these largely weak and forgettable films since Return of the Jedi has revealed how limited Star Wars's scope actually is.
They had rolled up eight early victories against largely weaker opponents, but when they beat the Eagles last week, they suddenly seemed like legitimate N.F.C. contenders.
An annual survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that fund managers' revenues fell by 5.5% last year, thanks largely to weak stockmarkets.
It was a different story for the Panthers, which proved that their 10-0 start, which came largely against weak opponents, was no fluke.
Protein-protein complexes show good complementarity in surface shape and polarity and are stabilized largely by weak interactions, such as burial of hydrophobic surface, hydrogen bonds, and van der Waals forces.
Financially, while Mr. Pawlenty's fund-raising numbers in the second quarter were largely considered weak and disappointing, his advisers noted that he raised more money than everyone in the field except Mr. Romney, whose fund-raising prowess was expected.
But evidence suggests this decline has less to do with tightened enforcement than with economic factors: the reductions have been driven largely by weak job prospects in the United States and a resurgent economy in Mexico, which have kept more would-be migrants at home.
The Fed said industrial production rose just 0.4% in July, half the gain from the June, largely reflecting weak auto output.
My worst-performing pick was the regional newspaper company Journal Register (7, JRC), which tumbled 40% since my April mention, largely from weak results in auto-dependent Michigan.
