Word: flaws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...read. Bull's machine then interprets the number through a Morse code-like system that notes the number of lines and the varying widths of spaces between them but makes no attempt to determine the actual shape of the numeral. It immediately rejects any check that shows a flaw in the "dot-dash" code. Machines Bull's system is simpler and cheaper to buy ($12,000 for basic equipment for a small bank) than the system that IBM was pushing...
...Henry cannot smother all, not a capable Glendower (Nick Delbanco) or a roaring mad Scots fighter (Robert Rose as Douglas), and absolutely not the visual effect of a production staged with a Prussian precision of technical detail. Indeed, the only serious technical flaw is in the trying matter of accents in an American production: the lead characters ought to agree on a degree of approximation to the Queen's English and on a pronunciation of Bolingbroke. Otherwise, the Loeb has poured its professional competence freely: there is much swordplay, adequately trained; Donald Soule's stolid set suits the play superbly...
...Flaw. On Feb. 28, 1961, Farmer Sam Thompson of Pearisburg spotted Ricky, a German shepherd, crouched over the mutilated carcass of a sheep. Furious. Thompson summoned a deputy sheriff to witness the sight, then blasted at Ricky with a 16-gauge shotgun. Bleeding, the dog loped away, turned up a bit later at the doorstep of his master, retired Mining Engineer James Laing, 61. Within the week, a Giles County court issued a warrant ordering that Laing be apprehended and brought before the court...
...Lawyer Lutins detected a flaw. The warrant, issued by Giles County officials, had charged Jim Laing with breaking a law by owning a dog that killed sheep. There is no such law in Virginia, insisted Lutins. Moreover, action against killer animals must be in a civil proceeding...
...hydraulic-system valves backwards, inspected and approved their handiwork in that condition. When a control switch was pressed, a mechanical reaction occurred opposite to what was intended. For example, pushing a "down" button on the periscope caused it to go up. Thresher crew members found this flaw themselves, naturally insisted yard workers correct it. - Plane and rudder mechanisms that control dive and cruising angles were still being repaired the night before the submarine went...