1.   The pound was weak against the dollar.

2.   American companies have the additional advantage that nearly all aerospace contracts are negotiated in dollars, which has remained weak against the mark.

3.   A yen that is weak against the U.S. dollar creates more profit on Japan-built cars sold in the U.S.

4.   Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer fueled German rate cut expectations last week when he said the dollar was too weak against the mark.

5.   But the reasons for expecting the dollar to be weak against the yen are sound enough.

6.   Fire is weak against Water.

7.   He looked weak against state legislative leaders and his own appointees, such as the state board of education and the board of trustees of the University of Massachusetts.

8.   Healthy French exports depend, though, on the franc remaining relatively weak against the dollar, making French products cheaper overseas.

9.   His increasingly shrill attacks accused Barak of being weak against the Arabs and, eventually, actually making political deals with Arabs figures.

10.   If the huge trade deficit persists, the dollar should remain weak against the yen.