Word: flaws
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...FLAWED SATELLITES. In 1986 the Weather Service ordered five advanced satellites from NASA to replace three that were either out of commission or nearing the end of their life cycle. One of the three died of old age two years ago. Another was lost in space. The third is scheduled to run out of fuel in mid-1993. Meanwhile, the new satellites, like so many NASA products, have run into trouble: they are $500 million over budget and three years late, and they have developed a mysterious flaw that makes their temperature soundings unexpectedly weak. A race...
Atlanta is promoting itself as the vanguard of the New South and the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics. One flaw in its progressive image, however, is the thousands of homeless beggars in its downtown area. Last week Mayor Maynard Jackson proposed an ordinance to ban aggressive panhandling, sleeping in vacant buildings and hanging out in parking lots. Violators could get 60 days in prison, a $1,000 fine, or both...
...Wright's fall, Clifford observes, had elements of Greek tragedy. The same is true of Clifford's present crisis. If he has a tragic flaw, it might ^ be his compulsion to stay in what he calls "Washington's great contest." He was one of the city's most incurable workaholics, putting in nights and weekends at the office so he could take on presidential errands and still have a flourishing practice. When Ronald Reagan took over the White House, and conservative Republicanism became the spirit of the times, Clifford must have felt increasingly outside the power game...
Halverson said the flaw in this reasoning is that it assumes property taxpayers should only pay according to the city services they use--which would prevent transfer of wealth from more affluent property owners to needy individuals in poorer neighborhoods...
Unfortunately, the strength of Chick's performance highlights the play's greatest flaw. A drama so focused on the plight of one charismatic individual has difficulty sustaining interest when that character is not involved in the on-stage action. Chick's impassioned acting enhances this contradictory aspect of the play--he is so absorbing that the scenes in which he is not involved appear flat...