Word: flaw
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...noted that Dershowitz's data is not necessarily incorrect despite the flaw in logic outlined above. If a sufficient percentage (namely 67 percent) of marriages involving American Jews are inter-marriages, then it would, in fact, be true that a majority of Jews are marrying outside the faith. --Jeremy L. Lizt...
Another major flaw in the system is that the ratings are displayed only for the first 30 seconds of the program. Although this may work for movies, when everyone gets to the theatre at the beginning, it is significantly less helpful for television shows, when people have the propensity to channel-surf and flip on the television in the middle of a program. If a kid had the savvy to turn on the television at 35 minutes after the hour, the ratings would be gone and he or she would reap the benefits of rating-less television...
...London to celebrate the launch of his private yacht, modeled after Queen Victoria's. He reportedly gave guests gold coins bearing a likeness of himself wearing a Lord Nelson hat. He has sold off some of his lavish baubles in recent years, but his profligate reputation remains a flaw. In the RJR fight, opponents delighted in propagating the slogan "LeBow...Le Bankrupt. Any questions...
...final presentation, a world-premiere ballet called "Flights of Fancy," frankly has no Latin flavor at all. But despite that flaw, the piece stuns, enchants and even raises giggles from the audience. Set to Mozart's 29th Symphony, "Flights of Fancy" fuses vivid color and classical music into a charming treat for both eye and ear. Against a pure white background, four female and three male dancers (each clad in a different shade of the rainbow) and a chorus in bright red recall the delightful simplicity of a Sesame Street skit. Daniel Pelzig's choreography is a welcome breath...
Regulations required that we remain at the spa four weeks, lest new tissue samples be called for or some other dreary flaw need mending. The spa itself was bags of fun. Most evenings felt like the Polo Lounge in the old days, and dinner was as star-packed as Morton's on a Monday night...