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...there was a logical flaw in your training, a logical flaw in the reasoning of Harvard deans who say that acquaintance rape can be blamed on a woman's failure to say a "forceful" and "articulate...
...political terms the plan's biggest flaw was its perceived failure to distribute the burden equitably. Its reliance on regressive taxes like the levy on gasoline meant that the brunt would fall on low- and middle-income taxpayers. The White House and congressional leadership had hoped to overwhelm qualms about the pact's fairness by arguing that it was the best compromise that could be achieved. But as soon as the plan was presented, the Administration, House Speaker Tom Foley and minority leader Robert Michel promptly found themselves absorbing fire from left, right and center. The plan's Medicare component...
...thickness of the Brahms betrayed another flaw, however: the string players did not have the depth of sound which Pressler easily commanded. While they blended extremely well with each other, they sounded scratchy when playing with the piano. The violin seemed thin and whiny in the high register and could have benefitted from a looser vibrato. The final cadence of the first movement was uneven but effective...
This is essentially a textual flaw; Fox's rendering of the play is extremely faithful to the playwright's vision. The set is minimal but artful; all the stage directions are followed closely with one exception; the performers effectively adhere to their particular temperaments as defined by the playwright; and the speech is simple, plain and relatively unaffected...
...more. Fearful that the spacecraft would lose contact with Earth permanently, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is responsible for Magellan, put the imaging on hold while they tracked down the problem. It was apparently a faulty computer chip. Electronic signals have been rerouted to bypass the flaw, and meanwhile Magellan's control software is being entirely rewritten to make doubly sure there are no more lapses...