Word: defectiveness
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...serious defect then appeared. The sudden load increase nearly overtaxed the Hackensack generators; it was evident that the votes of an audience several times bigger would have wrought havoc with the power plant. Moreover, the broadcasters could not help wondering how many lazy or indifferent listeners had simply not bothered to switch on a bulb, although they were listening to the program...
...board, room, and doctoring. Two years' experience at Lexington persuaded authorities that the system of cure which Dr. Lawrence Kolb has put into effect there is the best ever. Soon as a patient is admitted he receives physical and mental examination. If he has some "intercurrent defect," such as tuberculosis, which induces him to take drugs, he is put into an infirmary for special treatment. Soon as the defect is under control, the patient is deprived of his habitual drug supply. Dr. Kolb seldom uses "reduction treatment," i. e., diminishing doses of the drug to which the patient...
...takes but a slight defect in a ski to make skiing much more difficult than it should be. For this reason it is most important to examine a pair of skis thoroughly before taking them out of the shop. Then when one has selected a pair that meet the requirements of a good ski, it is equally important to keep them in good condition. A new ski should be well treated with linseed oil and allowed to dry about ten days before using. The linseed oil should be applied warm and rubbed on both sides of the ski with...
Black Limelight (by Gordon Sherry; Busbar & Tuerk, producers). The villain of Black Limelight suffers from "nyctalopia." This medical term actually means an eyesight defect resulting in poor vision at night, but for the purposes of Author Gordon Sherry (a pseudonym) it refers to eyes which can see well in the dark but must be protected by thick glasses from the light of day. The monster's homicidal mania leaps up at the time of the full moon. Working in the dark, he takes off his glasses, puts on gloves, chokes the victim to death, cuts her up with artistic...
...Particularly do we wish to emphasize that there is at present no sound scientific basis for sterilization on account of immorality or character defect...