Though traditionally weak, the ministry oversees prisons and legal education and regulates the legal profession.

Nicaraguan political parties are traditionally weak and divided, but business groups are remarkably united.

Being a traditionally weak club in the league, Mito has tended to play a defensive game and has proven successful at it.

It hasn't been easy to resist the temptation to throw, however, against a traditionally weak Dolphin defense.

The play also debuted in a traditionally weak theatre season for London's West End and it closed after only three weeks.

The latest case was meant to show that Japan's traditionally weak Fair Trade Commission was getting tougher.

In short, they identified opportunities and prepared for conditions that could transform a traditionally weak selling season into a strong one for them.

But the traditionally weak travel months of the fall look promising, Mr. Bergsrud said.

This allowed for great strengthening in a traditionally weak region.

Even Japanese manufacturers, traditionally weak in light trucks and four-wheel-drive vehicles, have begun to dig in.