Word: defectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some of which the book tries to develop. How much of present widespread violence can be attributed to poor impulse control? And how many of these cases are related to brain malfunctions? If an individual's threshold for violent action is low, is it due to a gross cerebral defect, such as a tumor? Or is it the result of progressive environmental influences, such as living in a lower-class urban environment or watching violent television programs, which might create a cerebral predisposition to violence on a molecular (memory-bank) level...
Despite the number of beginners, the club has several accomplished gymnasts, Emery describes Brian Eisenberg as having "as many tricks as any other ring man in the country." Eisenberg, who suffers from a congenital birth defect, loses points in competition because he cannot dismount from the rings without the aid of an assistant...
...TRUMPET is, in White's words, the story of "a young swan who had a speech defect and conquered it." Louis, a trumpeter swan, is born without a voice. His father-an eloquently verbose swan-promises to help, but still
...Montana to give his father Louis's accumulated earnings (minus expenses) of $4420.78 with which to repay the music store. Louis and Serena live happily ever after, migrating between Canada and Montana with yearly cross-country tours to show the kids where Louis spent his youth, overcoming his speech defect and restoring grandpa's honor. And every year the swanboatmen treats the parent swans to a night at the Ritz Hotel...
...Rockefeller who got on the phone to Washington, without apparent success, when Vice President Spiro Agnew attacked Republican Senator Charles Goodell. What Rockefeller may fear is that Republicans who defect to Conservative Senate Candidate James Buckley may also vote for Dr. Paul Adams, running for Governor on the Conservative line. Four years ago, Adams got more than half a million votes...