Word: drawbacks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only drawback to the job at present is that I'll miss the Prom she named one of Harvard's rival institutions--and they tell me it's the best party in the East. He, hum, well I guess you can't have everything...
Only real drawback to Dr. Schindler's gastroscopy is the difficulty in getting his instrument properly made. The one he uses was made in Germany and so far none have been made in this country...
Thus the last drawback would be removed to the practice of including prepared essays in as many courses as possible. If ghost writing were eliminated and the burden on seniors from too many written papers relieved, the advantages from such a course of action should convince even the most conservative members of the University that an essay is a more searching and a more accurate test of a student's ability than an hour exam...
...criticize their outlines and bibliographies. Very few students will go to a "ghost" if they have already done most of the work themselves. In this way the small percentage of the college who cause so much trouble might be dissuade from their practices; and the major drawback to the custom of assigning essays removed. After that, little doubt would remain not only concerning the value of essays, but also their practicability...
...Main drawback to Hore-Belisha's scheme to mechanize and equip this reorganized army is lack of weapons. Because of Britain's still-lagging rearmament program, even the Regular Army is not adequately supplied with heavy machine guns, anti-tank and antiaircraft devices, and observers are of the opinion that it will be many months before sufficient arms can be spared for the Terriers...