Word: flaw
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...truth.' " Why Clinton can't grasp this fact is anyone's guess. All we know is that we have been around this block before. Clinton's inability to come clean about his draft dodging during the campaign appears to have telegraphed an ongoing discomfort with uncomfortable truths, a character flaw that could cripple his effectiveness. "The lack of confidence in our leaders is our No. 1 problem," Clinton said last winter. "I mean to change that if I'm elected, because unless you restore the country's belief in its government and its faith in the pronouncements of the President...
...troubling, GM could now face untold costs in settling liability lawsuits relating to fire hazards in its Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks, 5 million of which are still on the road. Newly released internal documents indicate that from 1983 to 1987, GM recognized but failed to correct a design flaw that exposed side fuel tanks during crash impacts, allegedly causing about 300 deaths...
Since the acting is superb and since Crowe both wrote and directed Singles, only he can be blamed for any shortcomings. One flaw is his attempt to incorporate too much into his characters' lives. He neglects to flesh out subplots like Janet's breast enlargement, Linda's miscarriage, and her month-long environmental trip to Alaska...
...continuing distortion of his opponent's record and proposals, play a smaller role in determining our judgment of him; the President has a first-term record voters can consider. Clinton is another matter simply because he has yet to serve. We just don't know if the character flaw his dissembling reveals is a significant indicator of how he would govern or a jumble of white lies the country can safely ignore. So the search for clues continues...
...economic advisers continued to try to divert blame for the economy to everything from Congress to the end of the cold war to Saddam Hussein to the German central bank. In a hard-hitting speech in New Orleans, Clinton portrayed the Administration's economic excuses as a Bush character flaw, proof of "the failure of the President to assume responsibility for the future of this country...