Word: flaws
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Historical evidence suggests that this tragedy was not performed in Shakespeare's lifetime and that it may be unfinished. The play is short on action but saturated with emotion; Timon's flaw is his goodness and naivet; he is betrayed and ruined by his friends. The script has been cut significantly-from more than 50 characters to 10, and so you won't have to worry about being locked in for a four-hour tragedy. Timon in this production is being played by a woman, Julie Rattey, not to make any specific feminist point but because she's good...
...character than of prior actions that imply them. Boasting of one's character has become the sine qua non of American political campaigns, in part because the President has provided a stunning example of one with all the makings of greatness who has been undone by a fatal flaw, his character...
Every year we are reminded in newspaper editorials and Undergraduate Council debates that Harvard lacks a student center, that this defect is a critical flaw in our lives as undergraduates and that we must work to create such a place. Although the idea of a building dedicated to the needs of undergraduates is at first glance appealing, is a fabulously impractical solution to problems that can be more easily resolved by modest measures. This annual and futile appeal for a building distracts us from the many workable ways to achieve what a student center might provide...
...Clinton-Gore position is an attempt to dodge the populist backlash and still do something for small-business owners and farmers. The increased exemption is a start, but it has a serious flaw: the exemption can be difficult to get. For example, heirs must be active in a business for a set amount of time. What if they'd rather go to college? Or are disabled...
...hard at building his strength and honing his shots. But what is most remarkable about Woods is his restless drive for what the Japanese call kaizen, or continuous improvement. Toyota engineers will push a perfectly good assembly line until it breaks down. Then they'll find and fix the flaw and push the system again. That's kaizen. That's Tiger. It's also Tiger's buddy Michael Jordan, who worked as hard on defense as offense and in his later years added a deadly fallaway jumper to his arsenal. No matter how good they say you are, Michael tells...