Word: drawbacks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion: THE MAN WHO ATE THE POPOMACK-W. J. Turner-Brentanos ($1.50). The popomack is a fruit- the rarest and most delicious fruit known to mankind. It had only one drawback-its unpardonable smell- and the fact that that smell transferred itself to anyone who ate the fruit. Lord Revoir ate of the popomack. What happened to him then is the theme of this extraordinary allegorical play by a young British poet. Two of the scenes exist only in the minds...
...somewhat similar tests were made. A joint board of the Army and Navy then laid down the conditions for the experiment which some Army men felt were too severe a drawback to the aeroplanes. Nevertheless, the former German battleship, Ostfriesland, was sunk by the 2,000-pound bombs from the air. This time the Army airmen will not be restricted by the previous rules. Moreover, a new 4,300-pound demolition bomb has been invented to aid in the attack...
...Oxford, according to President Lowell, and life in both of these universities, which are conducted in practically the same manner, is indeed delightful. Each day the students in the separate colleges meet for dinner and thus get to know each other very well, but this system has its drawback as the students do not have the spirit for the corporate body that is shown in the American universities. The lectures do not form as important a part of the program as each man is under the general supervision of a tutor...
...pile up difficulties for a student by guiding him into courses for which he has no qualifications; it happens not infrequently that such advice has been the chief cause of a student's failure in his college work. The present arrangement ought to be changed to meet that drawback. A first step has been taken by providing students with advisers in their departments of concentration; that helps, although the student still often knows more about the courses outside (sometimes inside) his department...
...month, half on "reduced rations" and the other half keeping to their usual diet. At the end of the month it was found that the former group were more alert mentally, more active and efficient physically, and possessed more endurance in every way than the others. The one drawback was that these men had no surplus, no energy stored up to resist colds or other diseases...