1.   The general weakness in recruitment planning is not helped by such a dismissive attitude to training for administrative functions by clubs.

2.   Both winter weather and general economic weakness boosted unemployment in February, Federal Labor Office President Bernhard Jagoda said at a press conference to announce the figures.

3.   A general weakness in the athletic-footwear market has dogged retailers for months.

4.   But the strength of the technology stocks that dominate major indexes has obscured general weakness.

5.   But weakness there would point to general weaknesses elsewhere.

6.   Even oil prices were lower, which was surprising because oil has been the exception to the general weakness in commodities.

7.   For a team whose bench is seen as a general weakness, the day deserved some bunting.

8.   General weakness in soybeans continued to reflect prospects for a large U.S. crop as favorable weather conditions prevail in the Midwest, analysts said.

9.   If sales and earnings do fall short this quarter, one likely cause will be the general weakness in the so-called enterprise resource-planning software market.

10.   Maier is the former bricklayer who was left off the Austrian team as a teenager because of bad knees and general weakness.