Word: drawbacks
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...game. Of course, vampires tend to hang out in dungeons, so the ones in Boktai are conveniently equipped with skylights for that extra jolt when a player's in a tight spot. (The brighter it is in the real world, the more virtual light streams through the skylights.) One drawback: the Game Boy screen gets washed out in direct sunlight, but angling the unit prevents that problem...
...Maestro ($50) makes it easy by automatically layering in your sound track. The basic software package offers a fair variety of styles, from Blockbuster (heavy orchestra, eerie synth) to Vacation (steel drums, Dixieland brass), but the best stuff comes from the six optional Movie Music CDs ($30 apiece). The drawback is that you're stuck with their music; the program doesn't enable you to use tracks from a personal collection. But if you want a snap-to-fit sound, this is a good match. --By Wilson Rothman
...Valdez, 24, was delighted to come home to her boyfriend, her parents and the 2-year-old son she left in their care when her job took her out of town. But now, as she prepares to give birth to a baby girl, she is dealing with a major drawback: there is no obstetrician within an hour's drive to deliver her child...
...only drawback of making the NCAA women’s basketball tournament is that a team’s chances of ending its season with a win are slim, and even narrower when one’s first-round opponent is Kansas State...
...insure their workers because it would double their current tax benefit; for companies without a health plan, he says, it would make one affordable. He argues that the tax credits would stimulate the economy and help strapped state and local governments to cover their workers. The plan's big drawback is its price tag--$213 billion the first year and upward from there--which does not exactly bolster the Democrats' case that they're the party of fiscal discipline. And the plan does little to contain the soaring cost of health care. But Gephardt has accomplished at least one thing...