Word: defectiveness
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...convene itself. But in view of the traditional reluctance of Presidents to calling special sessions, the decision ought not to be left to them. Convocation should be the automatic result of any measure demanding the approval of Congress. Such an arrangement would at least partly relieve a grave defect in our government...
Whether or not Japan's action was justified by China's treaty violation is beside the point. America and the world in general consider that it runs counter to moral law. In this country the feeling is that a Japanese whose only defect is his willingness to work hard for little pay can be a desirable citizen. But when the Japanese attack a dismembered nation struggling with the disasters of a flood, and refuse to join wholeheartedly in the peace-efforts of the world, prejudice is bound to influence people's judgment...
...indiscriminate support of dry candidates. Second we would point out that the Crusaders support wet candidates, but only those who have at heart the welfare of the country, and honestly believe that it is jeopardized by prohibition. In short, the Crusaders is a non-partisan organization placing the defect of prohibition above all party politics...
...financier has secreted on the premises. When he has done so, he gives most of the money away to a tattered virgin (Fay Wray) who describes herself as a "desert Cinderella" and seems to have gotten into the picture when no one was looking. The Unholy Garden has the defect of implausibility but it is not wholly stupid. Good shot: Colman reproving an Algerian servitor who licks his chops when announcing that a lady wishes...
...customary amount of good dancing is lacking in this spectacle and this reviewer, for one, likes the defect. Too much dancing would be too much for the ensemble engaged in putting the racket across...