Word: failings
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This has not diminished Carril's insatiable desire to win. He keeps a projector and game films both in his office and at home. Without fail, he will yell at a player on the screen to slide, say, two steps to his left or his man is going to drive past him for a basket. Then he yells at the image of the player for his failure to respond to his command. "The really funny thing," says Kit Mueller, who has attended many such sessions in the course of his education, "is that he will rewind the film...
...take risks. Reviews can taint the reputation of a director and affect his or her ability to obtain space and performers for future productions. For this reason a director with the knowledge that his or her show will be reviewed can feel less inclined to attempt experiments that could fail. Thus a review can hinder "free, unhindered dramatic experimentation...
...have one final option for revenge--I can drag out the QRR process until the last possible moment. I can continue to harrass the data officials with my pathetic math knowledge and make them want to pass me even if I can't add simple numbers. I can fail on principle...
Because these authors are invariably assimilated or nearly assimilated Jews who have little knowledge of the Bible and Jewish history, they fail to realize that Judaism and Zionism cannot possibly be the sources of their moral indignation...
Such arguments fail to impress the 700,000 Cuban exiles in South Florida, who over the past few weeks have worked themselves into a greater frenzy than usual over Castro's fate. Miami's Spanish radio stations dedicate hours of airtime to speculation that Castro's regime will collapse. Some emigres are even preparing to sell their property and return to their homeland. To Miami Herald columnist Sergio Lopez-Miro, such actions constitute "wishful thinking cum madness." Or call it hope -- the same hope that people like the Fidelista in Santiago have been searching for in the dark. Uva Clavijo...