Word: drawbacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stewart and Doris Day. But the pace grows laggard toward the end. Instead of using music as a background for action, Hitchcock moves it up front, and moviegoers must sit still not only for the dismayingly long cantata but also for special numbers sung by Doris Day. The chief drawback of these musical stage-waits is that they allow the audience to think back over the story and conclude that it doesn't make much sense...
...plan, however, has several weak aspects. The most obvious drawback is the size of the allocation, hardly enough to fulfill Eisenhower's wishful thought that the bill will meet "current and future needs." Whether the Administration's program or Democratic Congressman Kelly's proposal for $400,000,000 a year in direct grants is the more realistic is obscured by politics and lack of statistics. Few, however, will deny that schools could use the extra money of the Democrat's proposal. Another criticism is leveled at the President's message by several liberal legislators who would attach a rider...
...arisen between them. But while this separate characterization adds to the feeling of the hopelessness of their relationship, it still jars the reader when suddenly, midway through the story, the meditations of the central character are interrupted and those of a virtually un-introduced character are substituted. The main drawback of the story, however, is its dry, unexciting style, which while being appropriate for the character of the protagonist, tends to discourage the reader. Perhaps just a little more verve, if only at the beginning, might make it more enticing. Paula Budlong, the Advocate's stand-by this year, contributes...
...seemed that medical science had won a great victory in the 3,000-year battle to save elderly clouded eyes. For two years the results looked good. Then an unexpected drawback appeared: some of the plastic lenses slipped out of place, into the middle of the eyeball...
...variation of the plan is currently being used at Kenyon, and is being considered at Colgate, Illinois, and Wisconsin, Harding added. "The program is definitely popular in the mid-West," he said, "but the only drawback is finance...