Word: defectiveness
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During the long trial, which investigated every detail of the catastrophe, the defense maintained that the huge death list was in part due to "an act of God," in part to "a defect" in the ship's construction, that in any case the defendants did all in their power to protect the passengers...
...Nexon, into two cubicles at one end of the Garden. At the other end, on a huge platform, sandwich men lined up to represent the hands as dealt to the players. They walked to the centre of the rostrum, dropped their signs as the corresponding cards were played. Only defect in this unique spectacle, from the point of view of Promoter Jacobs, was the number of spectators who watched the Four Aces win by a final score of 97,250-94,440. Of the 800 on hand not more than half had paid for their tickets...
...some men come into the college and are so affected in the presence of other people that they are unable to pronounce their own names. Many such instances have been recorded, and through the persistent application of the afflicted person enough self-confidence has been developed to overcome the defect completely. One very interesting example is a Professor in the Medical School who could not produce his vowels and consonants with any degree of intelligibility as an undergraduate, whereas at present he lectures daily to enthralled hundreds. Interested primarily from a psychological point of view, he is now helping Packard...
...course will be a scientific survey, and anyone who has ever had a speech defect of any sort is invited to be present. Only by getting the history of actual cases can the department build up its fund of knowledge...
...Gravest defect in the championship chances of Wood, Grant, Shields, Menzel and Allison next week is the fact that none of the five has shown noticeable improvement during the past two years. In this respect the sixth player in any well-advised list of U. S. hopes to win the 54th Singles Championship is certainly their superior. Redhaired, freckled, 20-year-old Donald Budge of Oakland, Calif. has never beaten Perry but he came close to doing so last year in the Pacific Coast final when he forced him to five sets. His performances at home and abroad this summer...