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• n  a flaw or weak point
• n  powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
  in spite of their weakness the group remains active
• n  the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain
  his weakness increased as he became older
  the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed
• n  the condition of being financially weak
  the weakness of the dollar against the yen
• n  a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
  he has a weakness for chocolate

• A new poll by Democracy Corps gives Barack Obama strong approval on national security issues, traditionally a weakness for Democrats.
• Does he double down on his weakness or does he compensate for it? For months, much of the Democratic Party intelligentsia in Washington has insisted that Obama must do the latter .
• He has a huge following among union households, another of Obama's weaknesses.

• failing
• helplessness
• impuissance

• strength

News & Articles

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• Expect Dollar Gains on Diverging Fed Policy
  Recent weakness in the dollar will be short-lived, as the Fed continues to hint it will phase out quantitative easing.
  June 14, 2013 - TheStreet.com via Yahoo! Finance
• PGMs Pressured By Absence Of Strike In South Africa So Far, Recent Rand Weakness
  (Kitco News) - Platinum and palladium are softer than other precious and base metals on long liquidation Thursday in the absence strike action in South Africa, at least so far, and due to recent weakness in the South African rand.
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes
• Energy Stocks: Energy stocks gain, Marathon Oil takes lead
  Energy stocks shake off initial weakness to rise on Thursday, tracking the broader equity markets after positive data on U.S. retail sales and labor market countered concerns about Japanese equities.
  June 13, 2013 - Market Watch

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in Chicago Tribune
  The United States rejects the notion that NATO's gain is Russia's loss, or that Russia's strength is NATO's weakness,Biden said.
• Ben Bernanke in MarketWatch
  It remains too early to assess the extent to which household and business spending will be affected by the weakness in housing and the tightening in credit conditions,Bernanke said in remarks prepared for delivery to the New York Economic Club.
• Barack Obama in Christian Science Monitor
  We know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and nonbelievers,Mr. Obama said in Tuesday's inaugural address.