Word: flaws
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This ethic of blind loyalty was the fatal flaw in the Confucian tradition. A young official served at the grace of the emperor, not China, because, for him, the emperor was the very essence of China. During the Opium War--China's disastrous contact with the naked force of Western imperialism--complete alteration of battle results was common. The deceptions protected individual officers in the eyes of the emperor at the expense of the entire people--but then "the people" was only a vague concept in the Confucian tradition. The ruling hierarchy could not handle conflicts greater than relations between...
...book, originally by Anita Loos and Joseph Fields, has been updated by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent. Lorelei has been touring the country for eleven months. Perhaps that is why not even the Art Deco sets - inappropriate for a 1920s story- look fresh. The book, which always had the flaw of seeming more heartless than its heroine, now seems just plain crass...
...clarifications, previous statements declared "inoperative," and multiple promises of full disclosure. Subpoenas were resisted. The persistent Special Prosecutor was fired. Next a sudden yielding to the courts, followed by an Operation Candor that was far from candid, claims that crucial tapes were "nonexistent" and the revelation of a mysterious flaw in one recording. Observes TIME Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey: "It all falls into place, it all makes sense, if one makes a very simple assumption: Nixon is guilty?he knew what his men were doing and, indeed, directed them." Otherwise, it was all irrational behavior ?and that...
...crisis flows from an unresolved flaw in British society of the '70s: the inequitable distribution of the rewards of labor. The inequalities have become all the more painfully abrasive during the Heath government's concerted drive to lift the British economy to a new plateau of sustained growth. It was a central part of Heath's strategy that Britain's labor unions could be persuaded to hold down their pay demands. But in observing the lavish profits that have accrued to Britain's financial and property speculators over the past year, the unions have...
...field ionizes the air (ordinarily a good insulator) surrounding the lines, turning it into a fairly good conductor of electricity. That allows some of the current in the lines to leak off, creating a blue glow around the wires. This happens especially at points where the lines have a flaw (a faulty section of wire, a minor scratch, a coating of soot or pollen) and in damp weather, when air becomes a better conductor. The result: high-tension experiences for everyone in the vicinity of the line...