Word: flaws
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...responsible for the birth of many retarded infants, has been nearly eliminated thanks to a nationwide immunization campaign. PKU's effects can be checked by a special diet if the defect is immediately identified; 43 states now require a PK.U test at birth. Doctors can recognize the chromosomal flaw that causes mongolism and 27 of the genetic quirks known to cause retardation. More important, they can diagnose these in the fetus by amniocentesis. A needle is inserted into the uterus to draw off a sample of the fluid in which the fetus floats. The material is analyzed for extra...
Utamaro and his Five Women is not, unfortunately, one of Mizoguchi's best films, yet it exemplifies many of his most pressing themes and is certainly well worth seeing. Its greatest flaw is the lack of simple plot: five women is simply too many to keep track of properly. The artist Utamaro, in trouble with the government for offending a traditional school of art by proclaiming that his own work is superior, is handcuffed for sixty days and is unable to draw. He has tattoeed one of the women; when she runs away with a lover one of Utamaro...
...report contains the same Catch-22 flaw that exasperated drinkers and lawmen during Prohibition. The committee proposed, in essence, that private possession of marijuana be legalized, but that trafficking in the weed for profit should remain a criminal offense...
Except for a general looseness in its first act, this is the only major flaw in Indians, which usually manages to maintain a high level of dramatic tension from beginning to end. Some scenes, like the self-mutilation in the Sundance, a sacred Indian ritual which Cody used for entertainment in his Wild West Show, have a deep visceral impact. Scott's Indians despite its inherent flaws is an inventive, well-directed, moving evening of theater which should help dispel the image of the American Indian as a cigar store ornament...
...When the Louis Budds inspected their new house in Tampa, Fla., they noticed a minor flaw: there was no water fit to drink. They sued the sellers of the house, only to be swamped with a tidal wave of legal argument. The 49-page defense brief, according to Florida Appellate Judge William C. Pierce, showed "exhaustive industry . . . citing and arguing 48 cases, five textbooks, four encyclopedias and one statutory provision. It abounds with sedulous references and dissertations on, among other things, percolating waters, the statute of frauds . . . express oral warranty theories . . . and the pyramiding of inferences. [But] when...