This crop includes Jody (Ms. Schull) with a lovely face but a weak turn-out, bad feet and the wrong kind of body; Maureen Ms. Prattt), supremely talented but bulimic and miserable; and Eva (Ms. Saldana), also gifted, but with a possibly ruinous attitude problem.
A couple of weeks ago, there was a small and fairly weak turn-out for the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, the result of which - a win for Aidan O'Brien's Hawk Wing - was a foregone conclusion even though the horse, naughty boy, did not win in the decisive manner that had been expected of him.
Courses begin with a biomechanical assessment, and participants work especially on their weaker turning direction - which is what often lets them down on tougher terrain.
When the pace slackens and some of the weaker turns get airtime, The Way, Way Back makes you hanker after the tarter pleasures of The Descendants, or of Collete and Carell's previous Sundance hit, Little Miss Sunshine.
But when Walt connected the jumper cables to Ed's car and asked him to try turning over the engine, Ed reminded him that he was too weak to turn the ignition key.
People who seem weak can turn out to be surprisingly strong.
The banks are too weak to turn to private investors and it now costs Spain 6.7% to borrow for 10 years.
We'll soon find out whether the British can mange it too, or whether all those dire predictions about indecision and "weak government" turn out to be correct.
She gives a lot on stage: I can't imagine she would ever phone in a performance, or give a weak matinee turn, and I've seen many big stars do that.
If, however, you dislike an entry because it contains numerous grammatically goofs or otherwise exhibits weak writing, turn it down.
