Word: flaws
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...when you get right down to it, the greatest flaw in this staging of The Pitchfork Disney is The Pitchfork Disney itself. The cast and crew find this problem to be largely surmountable, making it an off-beat and often disturbing success...
...happy and partake, except of the forbidden fruit, has always been a hard message to swallow," writes David Courtwright in Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World, in an attempt to summarize a potentially fatal flaw of human nature. Courtwright examines every historical detail of the development of drugs: their discovery, whether accidental or man-made, and their evolution and use in society. He cleverly toys with our present-day notion of the term "drug," examining a range of products that includes the illegal substances such as cocaine, marijuana, opium, as well as certain legalized substances...
...Because file-swapping, like nature, seems destined to always find a way. Because decentralized operations like Aimster, BearShare and Gnutella don't have Napster's tragic flaw - those 12 central servers - they're legally bulletproof...
...failure of the Presidential Search Committee to consider the opinions of students, faculty and staff represents an egregious flaw in the presidential selection process. From review of tenure to student services to contract negotiations, the committee's choice will have an enormous impact on the lives and workplaces of everyone in the Harvard community. As such, it is only just that every member of the University be given a formal voice in the selection process. Many peer institutions, including Brown and Princeton, recognize the necessity of broad participation in deliberative processes like the presidential search--why doesn't Harvard...
...initial flaw in the president's plan is that it assumes the budgetary surplus will be as large as forecasted. Because all predicted surpluses are only estimates, if the president passes his massive retroactive tax cut now, it is possible that the surplus will not materialize and Congress will be forced to take action--either by raising taxes or by cutting necessary programs to balance future budgets. The president's plan does not offer any flexibility or any workable plan if the surplus is other than projected...