Word: defective
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...allowed the dancers to revel in the high energy of the piece, at times merely exuberant while at others sexy. “Caprice” was not as clean as it could have been, especially in contrast to the other pieces in the show, but even this small defect did not detract from the value of the number. The light, sometimes almost mischievous tone made the piece highly entertaining for the audience, adding to the atmosphere of show as a whole...
...face of plummeting poll numbers and mounting challenges from both right and left. Following the U.S. line allows him to reposition himself in the center, alongside his Labor Party coalition partners on whose support he will depend to stave off the collapse of his government as right-wingers defect - and hold his most dangerous challenger, Benjamin Netanyahu...
...scientific community, however, remains divided over how much damage Agent Orange has done?and Hanoi may be to blame for the absence of persuasive evidence. Crippled infants make compelling anecdotes, but the communist regime in the past has blocked scientific studies by outside researchers. The government routinely says birth-defect rates are high in sprayed areas, yet it refuses to release verifiable statistics. "You can't just say, 'There's a bunch of malformed babies, it must be Agent Orange,'" Schechter says. "There's a lot of hard scientific work to be done...
This was his first act of patriotism: refusing to defect. His reward: he was stripped of his team captaincy and given desk duty. He was threatened with exile to Siberia. He was beaten by government thugs. Using the Soviet court to sue the government, it turned out, wasn't very effective...
...recently in this column, the rich world has been stingy in making good on its promises to liberalize trade in agricultural commodities and textiles--precisely the goods in which the poor countries of the world typically have a comparative advantage. A "development round" of world trade talks addressing that defect would further decrease poverty...