Word: faults
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gravest fault," according to O'Brian, "is a failure to appraise more accurately the extent of our danger and to test measures of security against the yardstick of traditional guarantees of freedom. The answer to the problem," he added, "is a drastic revision of our security program by men soundly educated in the history of freedom...
...driver improvement school. Los Angeles has put teeth in the principle that "the pedestrian has the right of way." In most of the U.S., this slogan merely encourages the walker without inhibiting the driver; in Los Angeles, motorists know that the courts will almost always hold the motorist at fault...
...whole idea of the revue seems mostly at fault. Its cast is limited to eight characters--so far so good-but they each are supposed to be Renaissance characters, and that's not good at all. Had Colgate Salsbury, for example, been allowed to be variations on Monteverdi all evening, as the introduction promised, the cumbersome charades might have had more point. As it was, they were discarded whenever a brighter prospect for a song or laugh presented itself and resurrected when the authors would settle for a routine smile: "I'm getting tired of these parties, the same...
Among a freshman's disappointments, the worst is often relegation to Claverly. Not that Claverly itself is undesirable. Its rooms are generally larger than those in any House, and it is located near Widener, Lamont, and classes. These physical assets, however, do not offset the major fault in parcelling out the Gold Coast dormitory: the Claverly resident's detachment--both physical and psychological--from his own House. Despite real improvement in the Claverly problem, the University has not yet accepted the only adequate solution--to make Claverly clearly and permanently a part of Adams House...
Drafts in the Abbey. The theme of Apes, Angels & Victorians is the evolution of evolutionary theory, and it is not Author Irvine's fault if Darwin the man almost steals the whole show. Imbedded in crustaceans, orchids, insectivorous plants and earthworms. Darwin seems at one moment the most innocent and lovable of sages, at the next the most cunning of nervous foxes. From Down House, his retreat in Kent, he issued a stream of letters to his disciples and champions, urging them on, tactfully setting them straight, occasionally punctuating his orders with childlike cries of "Oh my gracious...