Word: defective
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conversely, the same facts indicate that it is unrealistic to talk of breeding humans resistant to sunburn, polio, smallpox, or any non-hereditary defects except in inconsequential numbers, Ingalls said. Although a tendency toward or immunity to certain defects is inherited, the genesis of the defect itself is open to question, he said...
...from atherosclerosis. (Other researchers are not sure that he is right. Three laboratories-at Harvard, the University of Pittsburgh and the Cleveland Clinic-have been running experiments to prove or disprove the Gofman thesis.) Still to be explored is the possibility that a more fundamental mechanism is involved: a defect in body chemistry-the way in which an individual metabolizes either fats or proteins...
...hitter has the power to pole one out of the park. The big batters are almost always hitting away; their strength is seldom wasted in sacrifices. Given a well-tagged ball, anyone on the team will gamble and go for extra bases. If Smokey Alston worries about any single defect, it is Dodger nonchalance. His team won the pennant too soon, coasted into autumn carelessly dulling the fine edge that made them champions. Then, there is always that oldtime habit of losing to the Yanks in the series...
Last week Yarmolinsky made public his findings in 50 of the cases, selected as typical samplings of the entire survey. The reports are necessarily incomplete, since the Government's files were not made available to Yarmolinsky's lawyer-interviewers. To atone for this defect, Yarmolinsky made a special effort to rely on such documentary evidence as the written charges, the written responses of the employees under investigation, and the transcripts of the hearings furnished to the employees. As such, the Yarmolinsky report affords an Orwellian glimpse behind the closed doors of the security program. Some of the case...
With reasonable parental instruction and discipline, nearly everybody outgrows or learns to control these traits. But if children carry them over uncontrolled into adult life, the result is a character defect or disorder.* An active, severe defect, said Dr. Kelley, may lead directly to crime-a simple example of "sees what he wants and takes...