Word: flaw
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Some reporters highlighted every possible flaw in the study, prompting epidemiologist Janet Daling of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle to defend her team's work. She pointed out that the investigation followed 1,800 women over a seven-year period, making it one of the largest studies ever to examine the relationship between abortion and cancer. "I'm absolutely appalled that politics is entering into the science of this study," the researcher complains. "No one is getting any of the correct information out to the public...
...scientists' method of calculating the universe's age is based on the assumption that it has been expanding ever since the Big Bang. If the age estimate is wildly wrong, then there could be a flaw -- possibly a fatal flaw -- in the Big Bang theory...
Hubris -- a kind of convulsive, ambitious pride -- was the tragic flaw in many a Greek hero, but it is life's blood to theater people. What else gives them the courage to put epic dreams on a bare stage, to evoke ancient empires with only words and a few props? Arrogance is the mother of theatrical invention, and the spur to Douglas C. Wager's new production of Derek Walcott's The Odyssey at the Arena Stage in Washington...
Maritime officials suspect that some flaw in the Estonia's forward loading door -- or human error -- led to the flooding of the car deck. Information indicates that the outer bow door had jarred loose and may even have ripped off completely. "There are several eyewitnesses who say the bow door was missing when the ferry went down," said Bengt Erik Stenmark, Sweden's maritime safety director. Investigations into the disaster could result in demands for changes to the roughly 4,500 similar ships in operation worldwide. Some specialists advocate installing dividers in the car decks to check the force...
This confusion is a major flaw of the book. If Prozac Nation is meant to reflect a condition in which many of us privileged college students find ourselves, if it's supposed to provoke the realization that we're not alone in our misery, what about those of us who are really bummed out, but not "Atypically Depressed"? In that case, Wurtzel seems to suggest, it would be wrong to seek relief in anti-depressants, as they would take the edge off our disgust with this cruel world...