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Word: fault (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only possible evaluation of his performance is Group I. The intense, competitive Californian won the New England tennis championship without losing a set last weekend, virtually ensuring a spot in the NCAA tournament. His season's record stands at 18-3, 14-0 east of the San Andreas fault...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Don Pompan: The Harvard Tennis Team's Lively Ace | 5/9/1979 | See Source »

...Steven Jacob's Candide isn't exaggerated enough, and seems very flat against the background provided by the rest of the production. He sings very well, but his acting relies too heavily on blow-dried good looks and glassy stares, even for a character as naive as Candide. The fault may be with the director for trying too hard to make Candide reflect the contrast between Dr. Pangloss's world view and the world itself. The result, however, is a boring character substituted for a sympathetic one. Jacob's performance doesn't hinder one's enjoyment of the show...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Glitter and Be Gay | 5/2/1979 | See Source »

...needed a new life, a rebirth. And now with the way the team is playing it will be our fault if we don't go out there and take it." said first basement Mark Bingham...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Batsmen Bombard Rhode Island, 12-5 | 4/26/1979 | See Source »

...could be objected that this failure to come up with a realistic denouement is a fault, but it is one that the film shares with works like L'Avventura and Blow-Up, whose director, Michelangelo Antonioni, has obviously had an influence on Peter Weir. As in the master's work, the criminal, if there is one, is society. It does not matter to Weir whether there was a sexual criminal lurking up there among the rocks, awaiting these young women who are easy prey, or if their own erotic repression led to some self-destructive hysterical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Vanishing Point | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson dropped two of three 10-game-pro-set doubles battles. One of those losses came when Shaw's serve skipped through the net under the tape for a double fault at 4-4 of a tie-breaker...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Netmen Crush Columbia In 7-2 Weekend Triumph | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

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