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  • noun Plural form of weakness.

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Examples

  • Kathy Miller, president of the watchdogroup Texas Freedom Network, has argued that the word weaknesses "has become a code word in the culture wars to attack evolution and promote creationism."

    KFDM.com Breaking News : News 2009

  • Then at 9: 00 Eastern, a CIA agent breaks the code of silence and writes a book about what he calls the weaknesses in America's approach on the war on terror.

    CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2004 2004

  • Now one of our weaknesses is a tendency to worry over details, rather than dealing with principles.

    A Sane Scheme of Colonization 1928

  • And, that said, here was what they described as his weaknesses:

    Mile High Report 2009

  • "In science education, 'weaknesses' has become a code word in the culture wars to attack evolution and promote creationism," said Kathy Miller, president of the watchdog group Texas Freedom Network.

    Kentucky.com: Homepage 2009

  • "In science education, 'weaknesses' has become a code word in the culture wars to attack evolution and promote creationism," said Kathy Miller, president of the watchdog group Texas Freedom Network.

    News for Opelika-Auburn News 2009

  • "In science education, 'weaknesses' has become a code word in the culture wars to attack evolution and promote creationism," said Kathy Miller, president of the watchdog group Texas Freedom Network.

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  • Don McLeroy, chairman of the Texas Board of Education, has an op-ed in the Austin American Statesman demonstrating perfectly both his ignorance of evolution and why all this talk of "strengths and weaknesses" is nothing more than a ruse to bring creationist arguments into science classrooms.

    2009 March - Telic Thoughts 2009

  • Don McLeroy, chairman of the Texas Board of Education, has an op-ed in the Austin American Statesman demonstrating perfectly both his ignorance of evolution and why all this talk of "strengths and weaknesses" is nothing more than a ruse to bring creationist arguments into science classrooms.

    Accusations Grounded in Sinking Sand 2009

  • Also, Democrats have worked to make this election a choice between the parties, not a referendum on Mr. Obama, so talking about the GOP's weaknesses is key to that strategy.

    Obama Less Lofty as Rhetoric Shifts Laura Meckler 2010

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