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...only flaw in an otherwise fabulous film is the character of Luzhin. Though very endearing, he seems to be more or less the run-of-the-mill eccentric. Turturro plays the role powerfully and convincingly, but the character is nonetheless a little flat. Instead, it is Watson’s performance that steals the show with an original combination of grace, tenderness and intelligence. The Luzhin Defense is slated for release in theaters April...
...mouse are the trackball (or "gunk collector") and the cord (too long or too short yet always in the way). The solution? Logitech's Cordless MouseMan Optical ($75), on sale at logitech.com Having traded in the trackball for an optical sensor, this wireless bionic wonder has only one flaw: an insatiable hunger for AA batteries...
...models still aren't perfect. One major flaw, agree critics and champions alike, is that they don't adequately account for clouds. In a warmer world, more water will evaporate from the oceans and presumably form more clouds. If they are billowy cumulus clouds, they will tend to shade the planet and slow down warming; if they are high, feathery cirrus clouds, they will trap even more heat...
...population may have a genetic abnormality that causes them to metabolize many of the drugs on the market particularly slowly--meaning that chemicals hang around in the body longer and have more time to trigger toxic effects. Doctors hope that within a few years, patients with the flaw can be identified, and their doses can be appropriately adjusted...
...Harvard Asians (not that anyone would, mind you), I might draw a comic strip that contained an Asian-American character who happened to go to Harvard. We'll call him, er, "Mr. Wu." And then I might refuse to make this "Mr. Wu" perfect--I'd give him a flaw or two, like pronounced flatulence or a fondness for reading Foucault and Derrida in his spare time...