Word: drawbacking
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...main drawback to these shops is that they sometimes charge rates for package delivery that are 40% to 60% higher than those of larger outfits like U.P.S. One reason for the higher rates is that most of the private operations turn the packages over to other carriers for actual shipment...
...fighter my biggest drawback was [that] I was a boxer, not a slugger. The crowds wanted knock-outs, blood and guts. I would go the distance and always out-point my opponent. Finally I hung up the mits. There was no money and I felt my health was more important...
...drawback of letter quality printers lies not in their expense, but rather their slow speed. Inexpensive daisy wheel printers (the daisy wheel is the typing element which contains all the printer's letters and characters) print at about 10 columns per second (CPS), or about one double spaced page in three minutes. The fastest, and considerably more expensive, prints at about 55 CPS, or a page every 45 seconds...
...major drawback to the audio tape is its lack of durabilty. "The life span of your average tape is six to eight months, so basically they're a waste of money," says Nadeau...
...Streep manages to overcome the burden of Nicholson and if anything, we like her Rachel more because she is able to deal with him. As well as Nicholson, another drawback to this movie is the fact that the audience misses out on some key scenes. For instance, you never see Rachel in Lamaze classes, although you do see her give birth twice. Perhaps these absences stand out even more clearly because Heartburn is so credible...