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...first player elected to baseball's Hall of Fame (he received 222 votes to 215 for Babe Ruth), Cobb was a superb athlete. But, like the hero of a Greek tragedy, he had a fatal flaw: his compulsion to win was too strong. Cantankerous and mean, he was heartily hated by his Tiger teammates-particularly during his six-year hitch (1921-26) as player-manager-and got involved in countless brawls. He fought a bloody battle with Umpire George Moriarity, once stormed the New York grandstand to attack a crippled heckler. His two marriages ended in bitterness and divorce...
Many a U.S. citizen has mixed feelings about General of the Army Douglas Mac-Arthur. But to Filipinos, MacArthur is a hero without flaw. "I shall return," he promised in retreat before the Japanese in the first dark days of 1942; and he kept his promise when U.S. troops stormed back into the Philippines in 1944. He returned again in 1946 to watch as the U.S., after nearly 50 years of beneficent colonial tutelage, bestowed independence on the Philippines. Last week, to help Filipinos celebrate their 15th anniversary of freedom, the old soldier, a frail but erect 81, returned...
Still, there are two over-riding reason for visiting this production. One is the wholly captivating portrayal of the Jove smitten Orlando by Donald Harron. A Critic should be wary of the work "perfect"; but, at the performance I attended, Harron had nary a flaw, and no other word will suffice. the second reason is the attractive young lady named Carrie Nye. As Celia, she is an unflaggingly buoyant and zestful confidante to her mistress Rosalind, and her words fall...
...grade system, however, has one flaw: it either warps (and sometimes ruins) the learning process, or, in the case of brilliant and unorthodox students, often fails to give a relevant report of their educations. In the first and more common case, the pressure of grades provides the dominant motive for studying, and influences strongly both the selection of material and the style of handling it. Worried about next week's hour exam and next month's final, the student often learns simply what he fears will be asked--and, what is a more subtle distortion, he learns to manipulate...
...weakness of the ending is presently the play's major flaw. The plot itself concludes quite brilliantly, but the actual transition to a finale is awkward. Menelaus has been losing out to rival Trojan fisheries ever since his wife was involved in a scandal for corrupting the morals of a minor (Paris). The Trojan War offers an easy way out for everyone: Helen gets her lover, Menelaus his market, Achilles his promotion stunt. . . . But Segal, somehow, doesn't get the scene which would logically conclude the show...