Word: defectiveness
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Thus the fatal, if inevitable, defect of "A Generation on Trial" is that it says nothing, absolutely nothing, new. The background and the trial details are valuable and perhaps interesting for many persons, particularly those who are students of the Hiss case. But the book adds nothing to public knowledge about the essentials: Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers...
...that were altogether unprecedented. For once, Tristan's ravings in the third act seemed only five times too long instead of ten or twenty or a hundred." Vinay's phrasing, particularly when set off against Flagstad's magnificent subtlety, seemed more memorized than inspired. But that defect might well disappear with time...
...provision for applying selective controls was too well written. For one thing, he did not like the way wage controls were tied to price controls. "As a result we may have to resort to general controls before they are really necessary. This may prove to be a serious defect...
Forty-six-year-old Dr. Skinner has nothing particular against rats, except that they have the grave defect of living for only two or three years. A researcher can educate a promising rat, guide him through his school days; then, just when the rat is ready for his degree, he dies of old age. Pigeons, which often live 15 years, might be better, Dr. Skinner reasoned. Their reaction time is like that of humans; they have good color vision, and are not as stupid as their posturing and cooings have led people to believe...
...wearing of the beanie points up an essential defect in the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship. They must conform to Harvard standards in matters intellectual, but they are completely beyond our control in other matters. The day is not far off when we shall be beset by the other corrolaries of coeducation. Pinning, "drug store society," and mooney couples in strange dress will...