Word: faults
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...trial is so grievous that no Frenchman can think of it without emotion, regret and sadness. Whatever may be the fault or the crime ... all France bears the weight...
While admitting that the skeleton organization is basically good because it is built on English experience, Minot criticized the lack of liaison between the various departments, and the lack of equipment. "Perhaps this is not wholly the University's fault," he said "but there should be more pressure exerted to get the necessary equipment...
...utter even a syllable on the one subject uppermost in British minds: the escape of the German ships through the Channel. To his critics he turned what those critics call the stubborn side of his character-the stubborn side which carried Britain through her darkest previous hours: "One fault, one crime and one crime only can rob the United Nations and the British people . . . of the victory upon which their lives and honor depends: a weakening in our purpose, and therefore in our unity. That is the mortal crime...
...awkward"' one. The information, even if they brought it back, would be useless, even if it were to reach the General Staff, which it would not. It was "as if you dashed glassfuls of water into a forest fire." And yet "it's no one's fault. . . . Everybody struggles as hard as he can to make war look like war." Their business was "to sketch the face of a war that has no face" and, all but certainly...
...Through the Night" may not go on quite that long, but it has enough action and cop-and robber chases to last well on into the morning. As a matter of fact, probably the biggest fault in the film is its overabundance of climactic gunfights and midnight war chouse searches. These are exciting and all that, but they leave you a bit worn out when they're finally over...