Word: faults
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...could do. Thus the critics have had a monopoly on the public's cars. Acheson no doubt tried, and his performance on television during the Security Council meeting in San Francisco a year or so ago made him temporarily popular. The poor public relations, though, are no less a fault for the Secretary's good intentions...
...miserable attendance for the Boston run of Mid-Summer is probably the fault of equally miserable weather. Any other explanation reflects discredit on local theater lovers, because it is a fine comedy...
There are no obvious weak spots in the play as a whole, but since Mid-Summer is not top-notch comedy I suppose that the plot's inadequacies are at fault. It is the story of a school-teacher turned songwriter who is looking for a quick buck. His wife, an illiterate but infinitely sweet woman, wants only the security that his return to teaching will bring. Three acts of his bright ambition struggling with her sweet conservatism end in an O. Henry twist made believable only by Geraldine Page's fine treatment of the wife's role. Her acting...
...constitution's basic fault is that the National Assembly-comprising 627 deputies from a dozen parties-is entrusted with complete powers for governing France, but with almost none of the responsibility. All a premier can do when the Assembly votes against him is to quit. He has no veto power to ward off bad parliamentary acts. When a majority defeats him on a vote of confidence, he does not in practice have the powers to dissolve the Assembly, thus forcing the members to risk their own seats at an election. If he did have, the National Assembly might...
...ever made me feel like a man") was over because of "complete incompatibility." Said Marilyn: "I was very much in love with Johnnie the day I married him. I love him today. But I cannot live with him." Said Johnnie: "Man, it wasn't that chick's fault. Because that chick tried...