Achilles heel


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ACHILLES HEEL Left field ideas too risky for Tories.
Scotland will pay for English tax cuts; RICH TO WIN, POOR TO LOSE, AS No10 FAVOURITE SETS OUT STALL Tory leader frontrunner Johnson branded 'a greater threat to union than SNP' for plan which would reward wealthy south of the border
"But we shouldn't have been in that position and I think it's our Achilles heel.
Dai: We let hosts back into game
Our achilles heel is not taking the chances and we've been punished.
I've seen it all before, says Bruce
Lead author Dr Andreas PlEaA-ckthun said the discovery of the Achilles heel of HER2-positive cancer cells could lead to new opportunities for treating invasive tumour types like breast cancer more effectively in the future.
Treatment to cure breast cancer for good gets closer
"We should have taken three points, but games that have come and gone that way have been our Achilles heel ever since I have been here.
Sunderland must find a cure for their Achilles heel, says Sam Allardyce; Sunderland face Crystal Palace tonight with Sam Allardyce insisting his team must start converting their improved performances into points
What is their Achilles heel? Transferring potential into Six Nations results.
STATE OF PLAY NATIONS CLOCK ASTHE SIX TICKS DOWN; SIX NATIONS 2016
Noel Gallagher has revealed teaming up with his brother Liam in Oasis was the band's "Achilles heel".
Noel: Band of brothers was Oasis' weakness
ANORTH East water worker has proved a foot injury is not his Achilles heel after ghting back A Achilles heel after ghting back A to represent Great Britain at an international event.
GB honour for iron man after foot injury ordeal
WALES must overcome their traditional Achilles heel when they open their autumn international campaign against Australia next week.
Wales need to get up to speed
@THENUKEGUY (Re Overhead lines axed in Wrexham power plans) herein lies the Achilles heel in the Energy Island concept.
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Ignoring the obvious puns in the title of your News piece "Plant turns electricity into hydrogen," it would have been nice to know how efficient said process was, as historically this has been the Achilles heel of energy storage systems (PE January).
Does conversion add up?
Rival managers know what our Achilles heel is - defending set-pieces.
SET-PIECES NOW OUR DOWNFALL
Despite Jenson Button's victory in Australia on Sunday, and McLaren collecting 54 points from the opening two grands prix to sit second in the constructors' championship behind Ferrari, their Achilles heel has so far been their onelap pace.
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Smithfield CEO, Larry Pope, at an investor conference in Boston today, pointed out that the company's pork production division, which has been a sort of "Achilles heel" for the last 7-8 quarters, will improve its performance as the company's restructuring is nearly complete and profitability is coming.
Packaged Meats a More Important Profit Driver for Smithfield Foods than Pork Production - CEO
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