Word: flaw
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...bitter twists and brilliant turns on the paradoxes of illusion: the prim secretary from Manhattan is, in truth, from Manhattan, Kans., and turns out to be a tight little chiseler, while the movie-star vamp has a fugitive innocence the more theatrical for being real. Chandler's greatest technical flaw -- his way, ironically, with plots -- arose from the simple fact that he felt the only real mystery worth investigating was morality, and why only the innocent confess, while murderers are brought to no justice but their...
...that's the production's only flaw...
Scholars both here and elsewhere havecriticized Harvard for allowing a highlyrecognized psychiatrist to resign in disgrace forwhat they see as a minor flaw in an otherwisedistinguished career...
...Stealth's attractiveness may represent its tragic flaw. For the bomber, with all its promise, has seduced the American public, which has become enthralled with this sleek weapon. Consequently, politicians, from George Bush to Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, have been forced to register support for the Stealth. And Bush's campaign accusations that Dukakis wanted to cancel the Stealth, followed by Dukakis's strenuous denial, have made it appear that anyone who opposes the bomber is a defense "softy." What should have been a question for national security and defense experts has become a highly partisan political issue...
...flaw in his comparison of the two issues subject to American Jewish criticism is clear. The question of what makes one a Jew has been discussed for ages by Jews of all sects. An authoritative determination by the religious right that would indeed assert the "unworthiness of non-orthodox beliefs" affects most American Jews directly, both by denying the validity of their faith and failing to grant the privileges of automatic entry, residence and citizenship to their converts. The territorial conflict is a matter of internal Israeli politics whose resolution only directly affects citizens of Israel. Certainly all who love...