Word: drawbacks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...result is that a great deal of work will be necessary to whip the team into shape to meet the very difficult schedule which we have this year. The team is working as well as can be expected under the conditions, but this year there is the additional drawback of a rather small squad. There is still room and opportunity for new candidates and I urge more men to come...
...Transportation Act, that prospects for voluntary agreement by the carriers concerned are good, that it would be more satisfactory to shippers generally, that it would make management more efficient, that it would not cause complications with the "recapture" clause, and that its dependence upon both values is no drawback. On all these grounds the "Potter plan" has been assailed by rival Northwest carriers...
...overshadowed by the brilliance of Spalding and Toulmin for the past three weeks, but it is a matter of common knowledge that he has a better assortment of pitching tricks than any other man on the squad. At his best, he is almost invincible. Wildness was his early season drawback, and. Coach Slattery has been concentrating on this weakness with the result that Brown's control was excellent in a practice set to with the Freshmen last week...
...civil life, of course, jaw injuries are uncommon, and facial surgery is largely of the plastic type, dealing with the soft parts of skin and tissue. The chief drawback is the slowness of the process. A case may require a dozen operations before its discharge, for these things cannot be done in a single step. The anaesthesia and prevention of infection are of special importance. Much of the early War work was hampered by infection and lack of equipment. In plastic surgery flaps of skin and tissue are frequently moved from one part of the body to take the place...
...view of the competence of such a number, the Board of Editors are to be congratulated. There are many of them, indeed, but so much the better for their success. The only obvious drawback for the reviewer is that he can hardly distribute praise or blame to the writers and artists one by one. Perhaps one of the best features of the Lampoon is that it is usually difficult to find the names of the contributors, though often one might wish to do so. The Christmas number is a distinct success...