Word: flaw
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Central to the question of what went wrong is the question of whether Hitler's rise to power was inevitable. Was there some fatal flaw in the history of Germany that predestined it to the swastika and the gas chamber? In one sense, everything that has happened may seem inevitable, simply because of the fact that it did happen. Yet it is extraordinary how narrowly Hitler triumphed, how many accidents and variables had to line...
...intransigence or "a lack of political savvy." It was because Anthony would not be coerced into abandoning his principles "for the good of PBH." Cohen would be proud of Anthony's strength in the face of such attacks which question his love for the institution. His "fatal flaw" was not buckling under to superior authority, not selling out in the name of consensus-building. We should all have flaws as terrible as the courage of our convictions...
Such concerns could prove irrelevant, since consumer resistance to DAT may well render it DOA. The machines are dear: $950 for Sony's model, vs. $150 for a cheap CD player. But DAT's biggest flaw is that it may quickly become obsolete. Japanese companies are already working on a recordable CD, and the Dutch electronics firm Philips has developed a new format called digital compact cassette. DCC machines, which unlike DAT recorders can play traditional as well as digital tapes, could be available as early as next year...
...Crimson was subsequently ranked seventh in the nation in the first spring season poll, its highest ranking in 29 years. Harvard captured the EITA schedule without a flaw and became the first Eastern team to get an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament...
This production of A Midsummer Night's Dream's greatest flaw, however, is that it sometimes overdoes its interpretative staging. The comic-book touches, such as the "zap" that fairies cry after magic mutterings, are almost too cute. The result is funny but cheap...