Word: flaw
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Baseball isn't really for strong, quick fellows who can bat .296; it is for skinny nonathletes who can memorize earned-run averages. Football is for Republicans. But what character flaw is fed by watching tennis six hours a day for two weeks when the French Open, Wimbledon or the U.S. Open is on the tube...
...Thomas' personal success in rising from rural poverty in Georgia to the federal Court of Appeals but criticized his "insensitivity to giving those who may not have any bootstraps the opportunity to pull themselves up as well." Translation: liberal activists view Thomas' skepticism toward affirmative action as a fatal flaw. Within hours, the AFL- CIO's executive board joined the opposition, and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights is now virtually certain to fight Thomas too. The latest pile- on by Thomas' adversaries poses an obstacle to Senate confirmation, which until last week had seemed a good bet. Most Senators...
...FLAWED SATELLITES. In 1986 the Weather Service ordered five advanced satellites from NASA to replace three that were either out of commission or nearing the end of their life cycle. One of the three died of old age two years ago. Another was lost in space. The third is scheduled to run out of fuel in mid-1993. Meanwhile, the new satellites, like so many NASA products, have run into trouble: they are $500 million over budget and three years late, and they have developed a mysterious flaw that makes their temperature soundings unexpectedly weak. A race...
Atlanta is promoting itself as the vanguard of the New South and the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics. One flaw in its progressive image, however, is the thousands of homeless beggars in its downtown area. Last week Mayor Maynard Jackson proposed an ordinance to ban aggressive panhandling, sleeping in vacant buildings and hanging out in parking lots. Violators could get 60 days in prison, a $1,000 fine, or both...
...Wright's fall, Clifford observes, had elements of Greek tragedy. The same is true of Clifford's present crisis. If he has a tragic flaw, it might ^ be his compulsion to stay in what he calls "Washington's great contest." He was one of the city's most incurable workaholics, putting in nights and weekends at the office so he could take on presidential errands and still have a flourishing practice. When Ronald Reagan took over the White House, and conservative Republicanism became the spirit of the times, Clifford must have felt increasingly outside the power game...