Word: flaws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Perhaps the most basic flaw in On Revolution is contained in the author's premise that the disappearance of world war leaves only revolution. Neither the "bush wars" which Kennedy Administration is presently fighting nor the small-scale wars of nationalistic expansion like Sukarno's venture can be included in either of Miss Arendt's categories. As for the new pattern of military coup d'etats in Latin America, the appearance in Egypt of tactical nuclear weapons, the modern armies of the newly independent states--all factors which seem to signal the end of the epoch of popular revolutions--Miss...
...Playboy of the Western World. Torrents of gorgeous Irish talk, miles of fine Irish scenery, and some splendid acting almost offset the main flaw in this film version of Synge's play: Siobhan McKenna should not still be playing colleens...
Joyce Trisler, the other artist of the afternoon, danced several moods in her two pieces, "Journey" (her own choreography to the music of Charles Ives) and "Variations." The dancers' immobility of expression was, however, the greatest flaw in "Patterns," the first piece performed by the Dance Circle Company. Knowing when to smile is one mark of a dance artist. Merce Cunningham has it, and this is one of the joys of watching him dance. Miss Trisler showed it too, as she played and teased her way through "Variations...
...Playboy of the Western World. Torrents of gorgeous Irish talk, miles of fine Irish scenery, and some splendid acting almost offset the main flaw in this film version of Synge's play: Actress Siobhan McKenna should not still be playing colleens...
...permanent magnets of astonishing power. Into a small hunk of fancy alloy, or a little bit of fragile ceramic, they have built all the pulling power of a hefty electromagnet without its awkward current-carrying coils. But in spite of their handiness. the new magnets have a built-in flaw: their pull is permanent. They lack practical versatility because their fierce attraction for iron-bearing metal cannot be turned off at will, unlike the clumsiest electromagnet, which can be controlled by the flick of a switch...