Word: faults
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Author Beresford gave up being an architect 20 years ago, to write psychological novels. His characters are structurally correct, the perspective of their situations perfect to a fault. Unfortunately, they remain largely in the blue-print stage, explicit social diagrams which their creator lacks either the wit or power to bring to life...
Before finding fault, may I express my admiration for the way in which you handle in small space complex matters apparently accurately? It is often easier to write a book than a sentence. Because of this general high level of accomplishment, it seems worth while to point out a recent misstatement...
...have just finished reading the derogatory, fault-finding letters of several of your self-styled "charter subscribers." They have roused my ire-me, a mere newcomer to the ranks of TIME readers. I feel it my duty to mount the rostrum of Free Speech, to defend TIME, once more to proclaim the independence of the Press-its inalienable right to be frank with its readers and itself. Truth is the only legitimate censor of the Public Press. Errors (not lies) find their way into the printed page as they do in the spoken word. In speech, they are excused...
...oarsmen in the Combination eight indulged in the most strenuous workout of all the Crimson crews today. Coach Spuhn believes the chief fault of this eight is the failure of its oarsmen to get together on the swing, and in long spins today, he devoted his entire time to correcting individual faults. As the crew has been rowing so far, it has found considerable difficulty in putting the stroke up, and the lengthening out process will only come when the eight men are swinging in unison. An improvement in this boat will probably be evident during the next few days...
...cynical blot on western competency that the fabrications of a wild romancer like Ossendowski pass as interpretations of the Orient, and it is a fault in occidental optimism that it seems to ignore the ancient East. In the East civilization arose earliest, has lasted with least change, and bids fair to endure with greatest permanency. The East is both civilized and barbarous, and out of its barbarity new hordes may rush upon the flimsy fabric of occidentalism. In pushing strident commercial claims, the possibility of reaction must be remembered; and greed for a few dollars today must not be allowed...