Word: fault
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...clashes between cops and civilians during the Democratic Convention in Chicago last August. No one could suspect Walker of pro-hippie bias; so his report had all the more impact last week when it accused the police themselves of rioting. The report, Rights in Conflict (TIME, Dec. 6), found fault on both sides-but came down harder on Chicago's police for losing control not only of the crowds, but also of themselves...
...geophysicists also discovered that there were noticeable changes in the path of the wandering pole from five to 20 days before many of the major earth tremors. By tracking the pole path more regularly, and by placing sensitive instruments along the earth's major fault zones, they suggested, scientists may some day provide advance warning not only on where and when an earthquake will occur, but how severe it will...
...significant. But implicit in such complexity is the hazard of too-muchness. Very rarely, McClelland interjects one little irrelevancy that is just too irrelevant--it is this that makes "The Great Goodison Toad Hunt" a chore to re-read for the fifth time (if that can be termed a fault...
...hockey victories over Eliot, by forfeit, over Kirkland, 3-1, and trounced Eliot in "A" squash, 4-1. These successes have been a real shot in the arm for Winthrop's intramural program after a dismal fall season, during which athletic secretary Joe Mullin's teams, through no fault of Mullin's, picked up two sevenths and one ninth place finish in the league competition...
Need one continue? I'll admit two minor characters, Mortimer and Henry, do strain one's good will by over-playing, but the fault lies in the script and not in the actors. On the other hand, Steven Flax's set made ingenious use of the library's windows and staircases, and John Hanick's lighting was remarkably creative. On balance, Leverett has mounted a delightful production...