Word: defectiveness
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...Hyden's picture of the possibilities was not all dark. Chemical countermeasures to reverse the brainwashing are "not difficult to imagine," he said. And where mental disease can be shown (as a few uncommon forms have been) to result from a metabolic defect, the defect might be remedied by chemical stimulation of the neurons...
Part Three describes the tragic aftermath of independence, the events that swiftly led up to civil war between Jews and Arabs. Then comes the one big structural defect of the production. Just as the war begins, the picture ends. Many moviegoers will feel cheated of a climax -but then they might feel even more upset if the picture went on for another four hours...
...only defect in Michael Murray's direction was a failure in the timing of some of the comic bits, but that will undoubtedly improve in the course of the play's run. Mr. Murray understood the play and used his actors' talents to perfection. He made several delightful additions, like a hilarious mimicking of Pozzo by Gogo during Lucky's tirade...
Attacking any pessimistic view of America's prestige, he noted that 3,000 to 4,000 people a year defect to the west. He contrasted America's $60 billion spent on foreign aid to Russia's three and a half billion, and noted the success of the U.S. exhibition in Russia a few summers...
Third, the liberals are worried about the almost complete disappearance, since the convention, of the word "sacrifice" from Senator Kennedy's vocabulary. (This defect, it must in all fairness be added, has been largely remedied in recent weeks). The program that their candidate--and it must be remembered at all times that he is still their candidate--has embraced is not the easiest and most comfortable for the American people to adopt. He has embraced it, and the liberals have embraced it, in the belief that it is a necessary one for the sake of survival. Therefore, Kennedy...