Word: defections
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eisler declared that until scientific socialism becomes world-wide, men will not be free from "the main, inescapable defect of capitalism, the crises of over-production," which, he said, have been responsible for great depressions in this country...
...much as possible and let his eloquent hero speak for himself, Chronicler Carr has not been able to resist taking nearly all the words out of Doyle's mouth and saying them in his own less effective way. It is a tribute to Doyle that not even this defect is enough to prevent him from towering out of the pages as what he was-a many-sided, fascinating man whose stunning vitality and forcefulness mark him as one of the most striking as well as one of the last of the big Victorians...
...picture is especially noteworthy for its lack of Hollywood exaggeration or unreal emotion, although it strains at one touch of sentimentality when the inmates tearfully sing "Going Home" at an asylum dance. Except for this minor defect, the film's purity aids it in revealing the dark horrors of mental disease at the bottom of a snake...
...second defect in the present system is that it places a variable factor between the voter and the official election result. Right now several electors in the South are talking about throwing their votes to Truman, despite the statistical fact that the voters chose J. Strom Thurmond. Such a move might be shrewd politically, but it would violate the principle of free election...
...important weaknesses in the Yale defensive set-up have consistently hampered the effectiveness of the team. Line-backing, especially against Dartmouth's hard-charging squad, has been inadequate at times. This defect was remedied to a certain extent last Saturday. The Bulldogs stopped Princeton's driving fullback, John Weber with amazing frequency, but Lovejoy's loss may prove crucial...