Word: fault
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...grandnephew. Since Fredericka will not be dominated, the fight begins. In the end-after a lawsuit, a suicide, much biting talk and a dramatic strike in the Ruylands' factory- Fredericka wins. It is an exciting novel that moves swiftly, without faltering. But it has at least one considerable fault. It claims to be a serious "study." Yet for all its modern setting, much of it seems hardly any more connected with actuality than the incidents of a tale by Jules Verne...
...Individuals are necessarily subordinate to the common state, and it is their duty to fight if the State goes to war. The fault of the United States in that we did not enter the world war soon enough...
...name of Silas H. Strawn, of Chicago, chosen by the President as special counsel in the oil cases, was withdrawn after opposition to confirming his nomination developed in the Senate. His fault was that he was a Director of the First National Bank and First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, which are depositories of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The withdrawal eliminated both of the prosecutors originally named by the President-the other attorney, Thomas W. Gregory, of Texas, having retired (TIME, Feb. 11) when it became known that he had once accepted a fee from a group...
...more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole house of Guise, and all of their confederates...
Whether or not it was wholly the fault of the play is difficult to determine. Certainly Miss Rambeau belied her extensive experience in the Theatre by displaying an unaccountable first-night nervousness She tangled her pronouns and completely disregarded the normal pronunciation of "thermometer." Others in a capable cast were manifestly disturbed by her curious demeanor...