Word: flaw
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Some of the changes seem a little superficial"Tinio says when asked her opinion of therenovations. Careful observation reveals shoddyworkmanship that supports her feelings. Theflooring is often poorly laid out and does not fitexactly against the walls; linoleum in thebasement has already begun to buckle in places.The most maddening flaw in the building involvesthe plain baseboards that run along nearly everywall. The boards never quite manage to restperfectly flush against the wall, regularlyexposing hairline gaps between the baseboards andthe wall...
There is a deep flaw, however, in the government's proposals. Reformation of the House of Lords would be welcome if there were a coherent plan. But strangely, the government is rushing forward with Stage 1 before even discussing Stage 2. "That will come later," we are told mysteriously. Will it? Or will the government be tempted to forget about complex constitutional reforms, so long as it has the majority it requires? When we do eventually reform what is left of the house, what will it be like? What will it do? Nobody knows. The government is unwilling even...
...from time to storm-lashed time, main character. But the series swims also on an ocean of wondrous language, in which inept seamen, for instance, are not only "sad brutish grobians," but "froward dirty disreputable rough good-for-nothing disorderly ragabashes and raparees." If there is a serious flaw, it is that since the novels are mostly about men, they are probably mostly for men. O'Brian writes good female characters, but mostly they remain ashore (and one of the best, Maturin's flamboyant wife Diana, dies offstage, in a coaching accident, before The Hundred Days begins...
...little patchy in the cold light of day. NATO commander in chief General Wesley Clark met with President Milosevic Wednesday to press the Serb leader to meet the already extended deadline for withdrawing his forces -- October 12. But reports of continued fighting in the territory highlight a substantial flaw in the pact: It doesn't include the pro-independence guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army. KLA snipers have killed a handful of Serbian police this week, provoking a return of Serb troops and armor to some parts of Kosovo. "The Kosovar Albanians are deeply frustrated that the U.S. didn...
...different places to suggest it's worth taking seriously." (One such testimonial could come from Coyote Creek, which scores above the district average on standardized tests.) Gardner was saying there is plenty of anecdotal evidence in support of MI but no formal studies. This is not an irredeemable flaw, and others agree with Gardner that MI merits further investigation. "The ideas," says Robert Siegler of Carnegie Mellon University, "have enough support that it would be worthwhile implementing them on a large enough scale to find out if they work." At the moment, however, we don't know that they work...