Word: defect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NASA committee investigating the defect that has crippled the $1.5 billion telescope announced yesterday that the millimeter mistake was found while testing the measuring device, called a null corrector...
...filmmakers also fail to cure the central defect of the novel's plotting. Carolyn's murderer has an excellent motive both for killing her and for making sure Sabich, Carolyn's sometime lover, is accused of the crime. Sabich is like the traditional Hitchcock hero: not guilty of the crime he is accused of but guilty of other moral malfeasance. But it is hard to accept the possibility that the real perpetrator would leave his escape from the trap entirely to chance...
...Democrats can pry an abortion stance out of Souter, the ensuing floor fight will expose the rift within the Republican party over abortion. It is possible that a significant number of Republican senators--unwilling to vocally fight against abortion and possibly forfeit reelection victories--could defect from the party-line. It happened with taxes, and it can happen with abortion, especially with elections right down the road...
Klieman disputed the prosecution's claim that Robyn's bowel obstruction, which was caused by a birth defect, could have been easily diagnosed and treated. Rather, the bowel can twist and untwist, making diagnosis difficult, she said...
...excelled at sea command and Pentagon maneuver, and reared five sons (four of whom are pursuing naval careers); his wife became an Episcopal minister four years ago. Poindexter was devoted to trying to thwart terrorists, free American hostages and bring democracy to Nicaragua. Nobody argued with those objectives. "No defect in character," declared a former Cabinet officer who worked with him. "But a defect in judgment. He should not be so punished for that...