Word: drawback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ever duplicated shellac's complicated chemical structure. But Chem ist C. G. Harford, of the Arthur D. Little laboratory in Cambridge, Mass., found that a resin named zein, derived from corn, behaved very much like shellac. A drawback, however, was that in solution zein had a tendency to jell. By an un disclosed chemical process, Harford finally succeeded in converting zein into a non-jelling resin. The result, Zinlac, not only has the quick-drying, elastic qualities of shellac, but is also more resistant to water and makes a better coat for metal...
...early weeks of war proved that the traditional emblem had a bad drawback: from certain angles on the wing of a plane diving or turning in the sun, the red heart of the star could be confused with Japan's plane marking-a large red disc (known to U.S. flyers as "the meatball"). Trigger-nervous gunners occasionally fired on planes that turned out to be American. So the red circle was painted out, leaving a plain white star...
Distinctive in the Victor album are "Stompy Jones" and "Warm Valley." The only real drawback is that they switched sides in re-issuing, so that on back of a number you don't have is one you probably...
Curiously, breakage is no drawback: the quick-fingered people who get to be inspectors seldom drop things. In the rare accidents that befall even the quickest-fingered, a dropped steel gauge is useless until recalibrated; a glass gauge either breaks or is as good...
...very promising new treatment (not yet completely endorsed) is the injection of gold compounds into veins or muscles. This relieves from 48 to 80% of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers, of whom 10% are wholly cured. Drawback: gold is somewhat poisonous to about 17% of all cases, and several people have died from it. Yet most of New York City's 25 arthritis clinics are now using gold-with medical caution and skill...