Word: defectiveness
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...great defect of Hynek's proposal is that it is politically impracticable. There is already too much confusion of authority in Washington; the Secretary of Science's domain would be hopelessly intertwined with almost every other department, particularly Defense and Health, Education and Welfare...
...only defect of the program was Josh White, Junior. The Young White is a boy of sixteen with a fine voce and an indifferent guitar. Although he has improved considerably in the last year, he still must make up his mind whether he is too be a folk-singer like his father or a pop singer of the order of Billy Eckstine. He is unhappily caught between the two genres, with talent enough for either. He sings well, and his naivete comes as a pleasant contrast to his father, one of the least naive men around...
...therefore to the unmarried and widows. It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn." Argued St. Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theological: A second marriage is "a somewhat defective sacrament, because it has not its full signification, since there is not a union of only one woman with only one man as in the marriage of Christ with the Church. And on account of this defect the blessing is [usually] omitted...
...seasick men in Oriente, set up headquarters in the Sierra Maestra. Castro knows that he cannot win merely by avoiding capture. But he does want to become a symbol of opposition that will attract a majority of Cubans and encourage at least part of Batista's army to defect to the rebel side...
...viewpoint of the goofus bird, which flies backward so it can see where it has been. Unlike reviewers who guide their readers to new plays, movies and books, they can only reminisce about shows that have disappeared into thin air. By finding a way to remedy this built-in defect of the craft, a young (31) New Yorker named Steven H. Scheuer has built up the most widely syndicated TV feature in the U.S. press. His technique: capsule previews of the day's top viewing based on scripts, rehearsals and screenings, which he covers in Manhattan and Hollywood with...