That makes Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, look weak, which may have been the motive of the leaker.
To use what is perhaps the most important metaphor in the literature on personal autonomy, the weak-willed agent "identifies with" her motives in whatever way she must in order to be accountable for their effects.
It's easy to talk about being good, but human nature's weak, and when things get tough, human motives aren't enough to stop a person.
"Hedley" is generally weak on establishing personal, as opposed to universal, motives and never more so than with its title character.
Whatever the motive, this increases Russia's foothold in Georgia, and so its interest in weak leadership.In short, both countries need leaders whom the people actually voted for, and who are not in thrall to other forces.
One of the weak points in the affidavit is Ivins's motive, says Gregory Koblentz, a biodefense specialist at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Whatever their mixed motives, right now the yakuza are apparently helping the weak and the suffering, bringing warm blankets to those who are cold, feeding the hungry and getting water to the thirsty.
There are clear stylistic differences between Trump, who tends to call anyone who disagrees with him stupid, weak, or disgusting, and Cruz, who, with a pitying smile, questions dissenters' motives, decency, and patriotism.
