Word: flaws
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this design flaw aside, the Hart Building is efficiently suited to its unique purposes. The cost adds up to an all-inclusive and defensible $100 per sq. ft., approximately. You can get buildings for less, but the Hart's cost cannot fairly be compared with other office buildings, public or private. There are few Government departments or corporations, for example, that average one boss for every 27 employees, which is the ratio in the Hart Building. The structure, furthermore, shows laudable attention to detail and quality of materials and craftsmanship. Among its features are a 3-in. marble veneer...
About 1.6 million copies of his Irrational Inquirer are scheduled to reach newsstands this week, and except for the price, $2, vs. 65? for the Enquirer, the takeoff is all but indistinguishable from the original. Indeed, that may be the jape's major flaw. Even regular readers of the Enquirer and its ilk may err in guessing which of the following stories comes from the spoof and which from the "real" tabloids: - The Chinese Communist government is sabotaging the U.S.-by spreading herpes. - John Lennon speaks daily from beyond the grave to his widow Yoko...
...interest for $250 million. The investment was one of the largest IBM has ever made in an outside corporation. Software for the PC was provided by outside suppliers as well. To IBM's embarrassment, early users discovered that the PC misplaced decimal points in certain computations, a flaw quickly corrected. But Opel felt no need to be defensive. Said he: "We added real value to that machine, and we will add more as we go along. The performance characteristics are quite unique." With PCs now selling at a brisker rate than ever, the marketplace apparently agreed that...
NASA investigators minimized the possibility of a fire hazard, and company spokesmen emphasized that there was no flaw in the basic design of the suits. But among the astronauts who will wear them on future missions, the inspection failures have triggered understandable concern. Said one of them: "That was a shoddy, dangerous failure in quality control...
...single flaw spoils the film--the character actors perform up to par, the French countryside is breathtaking, and Marie's development proceeds with innocuous charm. Yet Morreau gets so caught up in every little detail of Marie's summer experience that her film begins itself to seem a little adolescent...