Word: flaw
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...recent vote of the Administrative Board, imposing a heavy punishment on any man found guilty of handing in written work not his own, emphasizes a very serious flaw in our college morals. It is of course inevitable that there should be a few men in an institution as large as Harvard who will be dishonorable enough to cheat or hand in work not their own. But these offences against truthfulness and honor are not confined to a few, and the undergraduate sentiment concerning them is not sufficiently condemnatory. Why this vital defect in the college morals should exist is hard...
...closing, he asked the next speaker on the affirmative to find some flaw in the workings of the system proposed by the negative and to show also some way in which the convertible legal tenders differ from specie, except that they are more convenient. "Unless he does this," asked Warren, "how can he prove that all the legal tender notes should be retired...
...Sandys. He makes some very sensible remarks on the folly of using cheap guns. They may wear well enough for a time and if you are fortunate you may get one that will shoot well, but you must always run the risk of getting one with a flaw in it, and at the same time take the chances that it will explode...