Word: flaw
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...only flaw in the system, as we see it, is that nearly one-third of the men are taking indoor exercise. If all Freshmen were required to partake in outdoor sports during the autumn and spring months, and during the winter months only were permitted the alternative of gymnasium work, then the dangers of their confining themselves entirely to the gymnasium would be obviated...
...prose reveal a nature never quite integnated into wholeness of structure, into harmony with itself. His writing, at its best, is noble and delightful, full of human charm, but it is difficult for him to master a certain waywardness and to sustain any note steadily. This temperamental flaw does not affect the winsomeness of his letters, unless to add to it. It is lost to view, often, in the sincerity and pathos of his lyrics, but it is felt in most of his longer efforts in prose, and accounts for a certain dissatisfaction which many grateful and loyal readers nevertheless...
...made him prone to a certain awkward and upward stretch of the right arm, doubtless the result of reaching up after high drives during the baseball season, and in view of this slight technicality, I have felt that Bennett, whose double arm reach and sternum stretch is without flaw in its symmetry, deserves the precedence. --Michigan Daily...
...conviction. Far from it. He knows and everyone knows who hears him that he is taking part in a beneficial mental exercise. He is developing speaking ability and the power of logical analysis. The debater certainly receives no bad influence from being trained to find at once the flaw in an opponent's argument, or to collect diligently the facts upon a subject before he attempts to speak upon...
...system is not perfect.--few systems are without a flaw. But there can be little doubt that it places the emphasis on the right kind of friendship, the kind that grows from common interests, and not from more contiguity. JUNIOR...