Search Details

Word: weaknessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

It ought to work as well now as it did in the '50s; Cinderella stories don't date any more than Jane Austen stories do. And the new acting team isn't half bad. Ford's muttering misanthropy may actually be funnier than Bogart's harder, more sardonic take on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KISSING COUSINS | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

Chirac: France has important advantages: it is the world's fourth economic and commercial power, a permanent member of the Security Council, a nuclear power and the main contributor of troops to the U.N. We are not an average nation. France also has an old humanist and universalist tradition, strongly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AN EXCLUSIVE TALK WITH JACQUES CHIRAC | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

Yet, it is precisely this strength of Harvard which is simultaneously its greatest weakness as a school. A collection of individuals such as the ones described creates a situation that calls to mind Margaret Thatcher's description of the British people: "There is no such thing as society, only individuals...

Author: By Erica S. Schacter, | Title: Students of a Different Stripe | 12/2/1995 | See Source »

Sharon Stone's presence on screen at times outweighs even de Niro's. She is perfectly suited to play the local hustler, Ginger, who has everyone in her back pocket, and never passes up the opportunity to make a buck. Her only weakness is a completely unexplained affection for her...

Author: By Jon Bonanno, | Title: A Price For Every Greedy Pleasure | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

This weakness is probably a fault of the script, as Pascale Bussieres's performance is otherwise marvelous. Her portrayal of Camille reveals both the character's strong sexual feelings and her reluctance to violate her religious principles. As Petra, Rachel Crawford is a convincing lesbian, without making that the character...

Author: By Coventry Edwardspitt, | Title: Falling Out of Heterosexuality Into Love | 11/30/1995 | See Source »

Previous | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 | Next