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...find one disturbing flaw in the structure of the proposed new Undergraduate Council. The manner in which students are elected to it may insure that "radical" views (by which that term is understood at Harvard) will go unrepresented. Election by Houses constitutes a classical case of gerrymandering. I doubt that any House contains a sufficient concentration of radicals to elect a spokesman of their point of view, thus excluding such opinion from legitimate expression. By locking these people out of the "system," we reinforce their tendency to engage in extra-legal forms of protest such as mass meetings. building take...
...which upsets our romantic images of the harmony of rustic life, stands counterpoised to Grusha's courage and her magnificent love with Simon. Edelson emphasizes this dichotomy in his direction to a point that stretches credibility. The simplistic harshness of the contrast may be the production's only significant flaw...
...McHarg's Design with Nature is a welcome revamping of America's ticky-tacky sluburbs; but there is a tragic flaw undermining his philosophy: "The 100 million more people we expect in the next few decades could be settled in 100 new cities." Imagine America absorbing 100 more Baltimores and Clevelands...
Their second album. The Band, though more polished than Big Pink, is still somewhat disappointing. And unfortunately the album's basic flaw seems built in to the Band itself. Back-up musicians are not supposed to be brilliant instrumentalists; they provide a setting against which the featured artist performs. And while the Band is made up of very competent musicians who work well with each other, the end result lacks focus. While the sound is very fine, it simply does not repay close listening...
...price for the furniture and for experience is always constant according to the appraiser. Miller uses similar parallels between the set and the dialogue, and between the dialogue and the characters' actions to solidify the basic theme of his play. But these symbolic effects also point out the flaw in this work...