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...advantage of aerosporin: thus far bacteria have had a hard time developing resistance to it. One drawback: like streptomycin and other antibiotics, it may cause slight damage to the kidneys. Dr. Brownlee is sure that the kidney damage is caused by an impurity, which can eventually be removed. Meantime, the impurity is counteracted by an amino acid...
...major drawback to Cannon is that the 200-men-per-10-minutes tramway is too slow for the large weekend crowds. Fast skiers who make the run in less than 30 minutes can beat the long delay by buying tickets for a ride in advance...
President Eliot, when asked why, though a crew enthusiast, he never went to football games, answered tartly, "It's too much like a circus." That probably was at once the great drawback and beauty of the game during the Eighties. There were no forward passes and no real blocking, and yet the scores were phenomenally large. Part of the reason may be that organized defense systems were unknown, and the kicking was plentiful and accurate...
Regarded solely as a contribution to international relations, the effect of "Carmen" is considerable. And Italian-made film with French dialogue and English captions, the over-all result is admirably suited for a showing at Flushing Meadows and the well-worn story should be only a slight drawback. But disregarding its cosmopolitan nature and chalking up the well-ballyhooed sex angle to an over-zealous press agent, there remains little to click any castanets over. Though the New York Times blushingly called it "as lusty a picture as you could wish," Les Brown had a better term a few years...
...were privately counting on the Cabinet to furnish some of their best bets. One was Princeton-bred, Wall Street-trained Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, who some day might be Secretary of National Defense. He was geographically perfect, ideologically sound, would add tone to the ticket. His big drawback was that he had never even run for dogcatcher...