Word: flaws
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Another possibility was sneaking back to Cambridge and bed, and then pretending I'd stayed on the whole day and writing the story as if I had. Immediately, however, I spotted a flaw in that plan: it was dishonest. The idea of tricking my innocent reading audience was abominable...
Perhaps the gravest flaw in Nixon's argument was his conclusion that past desegregation policy "all too often has proved a tragically futile effort to achieve in the schools the kind of multiracial society which the adult community has failed to achieve for itself." It is indeed possible that too much has been made of the school's role. But Nixon himself observed that the school "is a place not only of learning but also of living-where a child's friendships center, where he learns to measure himself against others, to share, to compete, to cooperate...
UNFORTUNATELY-and this is the show's major flaw at this point-the book is short on structure. The only real event of the first act (a marriage cancelled by the bride at the last minute) seems tacked on; while it is fine in itself, there is no preparation for the scene in the hour and a quarter preceding it. And, in the second act, the ambiguous resolution (of Robert's attitude towards marriage) has no real build-up-so little, in fact, that the ending comes as something of a jolt and a cop-out. Part of this problem...
Delightful as all these constructions are in the gallery, it's mind-boggling to imagine gigantic versions in a city. The greatest flaw in Exploration is that few visitors get to talk with Gyorgy Kepes. Most leave thinking they've seen a good art show, not a prospectus for urban pageantry...
...debate over growth has exposed still another flaw in economic measurements. The G.N.P. indiscriminately includes social "bads" on the same basis as goods (or services). For example, the cost of bullets used in gangsters' guns goes into the national accounts with the same weight as the price of pencils or computers. Nothing is subtracted from the value of gasoline or autos because they befoul the atmosphere, or from farm output because fertilizer runoff helps choke rivers with green scum...