Word: drawbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...jump system had only one drawback. While it made jumps easy to find, its omission of heads spoiled inside page makeup. Consequently the system was dropped when the paper passed to new owners last October...
...they refused to swear that they would bear arms in defense of the country, although willing in all other respects to serve it to the best of their ability. The liberal minority of the court more wisely considered that the desirability of these three as citizens far offset whatever drawback their pacifistic influence might have...
...field fortress, U. S. troops, with an 8-to-i preponderance of manpower, stormed it resolutely, in four days blotted it out. Secretary Baker was a happy spectator of the battle. On a 25-mile front the U. S. had captured 16,000 prisoners, lost 7,000 men. Only drawback: the Germans, forewarned, had started to withdraw from the St. Mihiel salient 24 hours before the attack...
...subject on which Professor Villey will speak is one that he is thoroughly well versed and with respect to which the scholarly world regards him as one of the greatest experts. In spite of the fact that Professor Villey is a blind man, this physical drawback has not hindered him from carrying on the work of erudition which has brought him great fame in the world of scholars...
...Cambridge School of the Drama has been gratifying to all those interested in the renaissance of dramatic instruction at Harvard. There have been many difficulties encountered and successfully overcome which have arisen from the awkward nature of dramatic expression. The lack of funds, however, has been the chief drawback to the development of the school, and with the situation now much better in this respect there is every reason to expect a substantial increase in the facilities for production and teaching...