But every rose garden has its thorns, and for me the incredible rewards of French Polynesia far outbalance the shortcomings. |
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The cauliflower was so-so, and the Brussels sprouts were undercooked, but the carrots and broccoli well made-up for those shortcomings. |
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Apparently unmindful of its own shortcomings, the RBA points a finger at entrepreneurial excesses and regulatory oversights of others. |
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Will's columns can sometimes be a bore, ripping a social healthcare program here and our educational system's shortcomings there. |
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So you don't need to be a paid-up God-botherer to see the shortcomings of this faith. |
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No need to add unproductiveness to the rest of his shortcomings in the situation. |
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Despite his shortcomings, Beightler proved a quick study and an efficient commander. |
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The second is the scene in which the panel of experts meticulously details all the physical shortcomings each untransformed woman has. |
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Even where not deeply convincing, its shortcomings were provocations to think deeply. |
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As a substitute for conventional bombing capability, the V-1 had a number of shortcomings. |
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The incoming industrial order is designed to correct the shortcomings of the old. |
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To be honest, it's a relief when summer is over and we can get back into good old black opaques, which cover a multitude of shortcomings. |
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The pay terms of the agreement were the best deal possible given the shortcomings of the one-size-fits-all approach, he said. |
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But these shortcomings tend to be bundled together with broader concerns over spam, viruses, hacking, and all the other sundry ills of the world. |
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While it is important to document and acknowledge the shortcomings of public figures, it is also important to maintain a sense of proportion. |
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In fact, it would be out already, but the studio realized it would cast an even more glaring light on their remake's shortcomings. |
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For if you love someone greatly, your love will be great enough to tolerate his or her shortcomings or deficiencies. |
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Until the recall, he'd overcome this handicap by spotlighting his opponents' shortcomings. |
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It's unfair to blame the hapless candidate, of course, for her party's shortcomings. |
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You may not be a hard pusher for one of your shortcomings may be that you dawdle a bit. |
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The script's shortcomings aren't enough to completely sink the premise's freshness. |
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And to start generalising about the supposed shortcomings of the next generation is an unmistakable symptom of fogeyism. |
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His detractors have pointed at these disappointments as evidence of his shortcomings. |
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Andy is encouraged to retain involvement in comics, and delete his shortcomings. |
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Such draconian methods point to the shortcomings of a cumbersome investigative and judicial system. |
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This contrivance has aesthetic consequences or is associated with aesthetic shortcomings. |
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Clearly, readers need to be aware of shortcomings arising from tradeoffs among the above-mentioned factors. |
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Although the Security Council approved the proposal by acclamation, time did not permit debate about its merits or shortcomings. |
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Early in the season, Marlin correctly identified his team's shortcomings as qualifying and racing on road courses. |
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But these shortcomings are easily put right and are no reflection on the car's basic integrity. |
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It's time that politicians stopped blaming their shortcomings on the population. |
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The state government blamed cold and rainy weather for the programme's shortcomings. |
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He may be among those whose shortcomings will be converted to good deeds on the Day of Judgment. |
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His report is not helpful and given the shortcomings already adverted to, I prefer to rely on the evidence. |
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Mayoral shortcomings may warrant a conk with a dry cup, but not necessarily a drenching with hot tea. |
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Despite these shortcomings, this is an interesting and eminently readable textbook. |
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In 2006, the spork was given a radical reboot in an attempt to address some of its structural shortcomings. |
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He takes no prisoners when it comes to his children's shortcomings, although there is little discussion of his own. |
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Sharing your shortcomings creates intimacy and fosters close relationships. |
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The Mother too, greatly stressed the drawbacks and shortcomings of today's education system. |
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The shortcomings of the Queensland Orchestra's woodwind and brass sections are widely discussed in arts circles. |
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Experts, driven by a belief in their professional knowledge, often cover up their own shortcomings. |
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Germany's third defeat under Klinsmann saw the nation's powerful tabloid media reel off a long list of shortcomings. |
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Meanwhile, the hit parade of plagiarists and liars turning their moral shortcomings into cold, hard cash continues. |
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Confirmation of the shortcomings of annual reports comes from Merchant, a designer of such documents. |
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It's a funny, dimensional turn in a film that doesn't always work, but retains an overall appeal despite its shortcomings. |
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Bill was the first to see his shortcomings and acknowledge the exploratory and experimental character of his work. |
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And if you feel you've been denied that quality of life by reason of the state's shortcomings, you go to law. |
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It was more likely that their shortcomings outside the field of battle that would hold them back. |
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His lack of moral fibre and intellectual courage are two of his shortcomings that infuriate the most. |
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Before he lectures the poor on their shortcomings, he might want to lecture his peers and the middle class on theirs. |
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He has dragged us into two wars on the basis of his own psychological shortcomings. |
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Despite these shortcomings, Bartley still deserves credit for revitalizing the editorial form. |
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He's a great sailor and fighter, but on shore has more than his share of shortcomings as a businessman, politician and husband. |
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Despite the few shortcomings mentioned here and the roaring omission, this new disc from Universal was certainly worth the wait. |
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She gives up arguing with her son, as he ferociously denounces her shortcomings as a mother. |
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As punk exposed the shortcomings of the behemoths of rock, so rap tore up the rulebooks of pop. |
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They say love is blind, and too much devotion to a company can sometimes mean overlooking some pretty obvious shortcomings. |
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Despite all this help, the work remains my own, and I assume full responsibility for any shortcomings or errors. |
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People seek more balanced diets even as hunger lurks for lack of purchasing power and distributive shortcomings. |
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Further into the record, the band invests in smaller details, and when it does the songs overcome the lyrical shortcomings. |
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Pointing out her shortcomings will do no good, and you really don't want to make an enemy of your girlfriend's roommate. |
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Despite my shortcomings, I am endeavouring to use all of the resources at my disposal to improve my abilities. |
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A gruff man with a short temper and a big voice, his shortcomings were as obvious as his merits were hidden. |
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The students, always and infallibly observant of teachers' shortcomings, managed to ask her a few worried questions. |
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Rather than show my disdain outright and attach my friend's moral shortcomings, I started to ruminate a more edifying scheme. |
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In my view, Richard Nixon's personal shortcomings will eclipse his overall political record. |
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She's punting on the fact that the shares, despite the shortcomings of the company, offer some decent appreciation potential. |
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The shortcomings of a scientific approach have produced doctors in conflict with their patients. |
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Favorable reviews often echoed the same shortcomings while forgiving them for other reasons. |
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The awareness of their individual blemishes and shortcomings inclines the frustrated to detect ill will and meanness in their fellow men. |
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Over the years, the curse has served as a blanket term for a variety of shortcomings and has been something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. |
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Being aware of my own fallibility makes it easier to accept shortcomings in others. |
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Additionally, and despite awareness of the shortcomings of faith healers, this group relied on faith healing. |
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We are public-spirited, law-abiding citizens who should not have to pay for the hospital's shortcomings. |
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Extraction of other relations, such as meronymy, has been less studied, and where it has been studied, several shortcomings are apparent. |
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Revealingly, Halberstam's book illustrates several of the shortcomings it purports to dissect. |
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Without acquisitions, however, they may struggle in new markets, given the shortcomings of its me-too approach. |
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For about two years now, the paper has run a column identifying its own errors and shortcomings. |
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Then there are those of us who are painfully aware of our shortcomings as human beings. |
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Clever use of lemon juice, vinegar, fresh pepper, and chewy meats can compensate for the shortcomings of ordinary wines. |
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This precipitates spirals of misery, anger, and misplaced rage, as they blame society as a whole for their shortcomings. |
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There are clearly still shortcomings in this area, and they must and will be rectified. |
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The time is at hand to correct all of these shortcomings as a matter of urgency. |
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Jim Duffy made no attempt to hide from the reality of his side's shortcomings. |
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Equally damaging, the report has revealed shortcomings in the process of government. |
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He is frank about what he sees as the shortcomings of his great predecessors. |
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Despite certain shortcomings it succeeds in opening our eyes and minds to the very nature of art itself. |
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Many of the postings clearly demonstrate the shortcomings of Scottish education. |
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Of course he had his shortcomings like us all but these were mainly inclined to show up on the home front. |
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The internet is showing real shortcomings, as users increase and applications diversify. |
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There may well have been shortcomings in the doctoral thesis Dr King submitted. |
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Unless we are prepared to accept our shortcomings we will never improve our condition. |
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The November floods highlighted many shortcomings in the existing flood defences of our region. |
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Their youth and beauty also made up for any shortcomings in this area on the part of the wife. |
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The many strengths of the book have, I hope, been fully explored, so here are one or two shortcomings. |
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For all their shortcomings, there is more to celebrate in this team than some would have us believe. |
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Film observers say that the industry needs to sit up and discuss its shortcomings. |
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It would be easy to castigate York for ineptness but their only shortcomings were lack of size and speed. |
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This is a very entertaining book to read, however it suffers from many shortcomings. |
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So long as its shortcomings are recognized, this book has a wealth of information on the distribution and ecological biogeography of birds. |
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If we are going to pursue a bipartisan policy let's be willing also to accept some shortcomings on our part. |
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These shortcomings underscore the appeal of so-called continuous glucose monitors, which check blood sugar levels scores of times a day. |
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Whatever the shortcomings of the staging, this was an enthralling occasion, received with a thunderous ovation. |
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No good blaming the shortcomings of the single mother without considering the abandoned responsibilities of the father. |
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Perhaps the film dwells too much on his shortcomings, and maybe it would have done better to show us a more balanced look at the man. |
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A Clinician's Guide is part of a growing countercurrent within psychiatry, psychology, and allied disciplines, aimed at redressing the shortcomings of that legacy. |
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Where it considers it appropriate, the court may dismiss the claim or take any shortcomings into account when it adjudicates on the issue of costs. |
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His admonitions on their shortcomings shamed them but did not change them. |
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While Davis finds plenty of shortcomings he perceives in Emanuel, he has a hard time finding anything negative to say about dart. |
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Ever had a petty and vindictive boss, competent only at deflecting blame for his own shortcomings? |
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Many believe the admission of shortcomings was in response to Chinese President Hu Jintao's public reprimand of Tung and his ministers last month. |
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These shortcomings are compounded by the film's claim to noir status, which would suggest a level of tension or excitement or at least atmosphere. |
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He adds that some people who have taught him the most have shortcomings of their own. |
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Still, she acknowledges the pitfalls and shortcomings of the tests, including their low efficacy. |
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To hear Thomas similarly rebuke Girls would feel like a personal criticism on my own shortcomings. |
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Yep, just this past Friday, while you were reading Zack's hilariously malcontent article about NASA's shortcomings, I was busy getting diagnosed with mono. |
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The reader with an eye for colourful detail and elegant prose, not to mention for racy scandal and rumour, will no doubt forgive the book's shortcomings. |
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The shortcomings of Sun and his Nationalist Party were rapidly exposed following the 1911 revolution that brought the collapse of the Manchu empire. |
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Because you are a fair minded person you'll make a point of uncovering these shortcomings in their arguments and sharing what you find with other sensible people. |
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With competitive zeal, Bush sets out to outperform Poppy by learning from his political shortcomings. |
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Despite all of the film's shortcomings, it's not terrible or unwatchful. |
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It has been used by too many wineries to mask the shortcomings in a poorly made wine, but ultimately it is a personal choice, so vive la difference. |
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If we were to shine light on some of modern society's shortcomings, the act of calumniation would definitely be in the ranking, if not in the top five. |
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In interacting with individuals of lower status or even equal social rank, people tend to be candid in referring to appearance, shortcomings, or handicaps. |
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However, such shortcomings are easy to overlook given the ambitious nature of Saco's project and the relentlesness with which she chases down challenging critical concepts. |
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Comprised initially of mostly illiterate former slaves, they overcame their shortcomings and the army's initial tendency to supply them with cast-off equipment. |
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It's mean to cavil over the shortcomings of a product that's given away for free but I find the installation documentation dense and obscure, filled with traps for the unwary. |
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If there's a positive thing to come out of the saga, it's the forebearance and forgiveness our political leaders have shown towards the shortcomings of the spy chappies. |
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Kindly pardon our errors and shortcomings in reciting the above Gurbani. |
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Despite these shortcomings, Clarke succeeds in persuading the reader that Wise and the party plan played a significant role in Tupperware's success. |
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Here, instead of a subtle critique of Bonifacio's shortcomings, Tintoretto opted for out-and-out parody in a cheeky pastiche of the late artist's approach. |
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The first step is to address the shortcomings of our education system. |
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We do not want to see any shortcomings and shortcuts, because clients depend very much on the goodwill and professionalism of the legal fraternity. |
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Yet, despite his shortcomings, he presides smugly over a programme in which young couples pit their attractiveness against that of their friends to win cash. |
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Each learned in her own way how to confront her husband about his shortcomings, limitations, or failures without compounding them or deflating him. |
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But all the same, in its ambition and shortcomings and shaggy glory, A Naked Singularity is perhaps most reminiscent of The Broom of the System. |
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In some cases, administrators can overcome the shortcomings of partial synchronization processes by manually grouping related files. |
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Narrow victories masked many of USC's shortcomings and created a sugarcoated view of the program for the better part of a month. |
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The tetris method does have some shortcomings, however. In placements produced by Feng Shui, the cells are closely packed. |
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For four days Makki talked about the country's tortuous experience with AIOC and the shortcomings of the bill. |
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Those who use the BAS have cited various shortcomings as it ages and newer liturgies are produced elsewhere in the Communion. |
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In particular, Robert Phillipson's 1992 book, Linguistic Imperialism, has led to considerable debate about its merits and shortcomings. |
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However, Aristotle's scientific shortcomings should not mislead one into forgetting his great advances in the many scientific fields. |
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In spite of its shortcomings, the dictionary was far and away the best of its day. |
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The progress of tonight's debate makes one profoundly conscious of the constructive shortcomings of the Cobdenism of today. |
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Whatever its shortcomings the book is artistically imposing as well as historically unimpeachable as a vast panorama of a great period. |
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With soul-searching effectiveness we must find out just what prejudices and bigotous shortcomings we do have. |
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A microcosm of these shortcomings were evident at the Battle of Bunker Hill. |
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Critics hail the work as a satiric reflection on the shortcomings of Enlightenment thought. |
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It has never been a great popular favourite, and Kennedy and Reed identify shortcomings in it. |
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A few pieces of political satire show us French and English exchanging amenities on their mutual shortcomings. |
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Hanafi's framework recognizes the shortcomings and limitations of isolating or hierarchizing the self and the other. |
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Privately, however, she was aware of what she identified as the shortcomings of the papacy and church officialdom. |
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There were shortcomings in method, such as too many reading phonograms going home in kindergarten. |
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He will be considering the current DDR programmes and any shortcomings they may have in terms of restoring peace and security. |
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The Scottish Parliament decided that Gaelic had become a principal cause of the Highlanders' shortcomings and sought to abolish it. |
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Trustees chairman James Ramsbotham was also commendably realistic on the shortcomings of the existing building. |
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This book is part of a growing literature calling for a reconsideration of behaviorism caused by shortcomings and fallacies of cognitivism. |
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As with the transcendental leitmotif, Philipse finds serious epistemological shortcomings in Heidegger's neo-Hegelianism. |
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The administration is aware of its shortcomings on green jobs creation. |
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These potential shortcomings may have resulted in a more limited grasp of the relationship between ruralness, battering, and policing. |
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But the best works stand out on their own, in spite of any redactional shortcomings. |
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Many companies are jury-rigging these older systems in an attempt to compensate for their shortcomings. |
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Sometimes Web services or browser manufacturers remedy these shortcomings. |
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Many others began to experiment with improving the process, which still had many shortcomings, not the least of which was the problem of transporting the liquid product. |
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Dawish also notes the Lebanese political system, despite numerous shortcomings, is far from the suffocating authoritarianism found in many other Arab states. |
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Childe's relationship with the conservative Wheeler was strained, the latter being intolerant of the shortcomings of others, something Childe made an effort never to be. |
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Librarians have both bemoaned the funds wasted on idle books and come to favor interlibrary loan as the means to overcome collections' shortcomings. |
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Until we find the Yard's clodhopping size 12s have trampled all over our democracy which, for its shortcomings, remains one of the least corrupt in the world. |
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As a result of these shortcomings, federal agencies are still independently acquiring and maintaining potentially duplicative and costly data sets and systems. |
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The planetary model of the atom had two significant shortcomings. |
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It deals with the lowmindedness of the busybody. We must not dwell on the past, or present, shortcomings of others, but concentrate on keeping our own lives right with God. |
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Phase II was the fabrication of breadboards that demonstrated function and potential and resolved any shortcomings of the existing system within the constraints specified. |
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Fox-Genovese and Genovese treat the formidable champions of Slavery in the Abstract with deserved respect while frankly discussing their subjects' intellectual shortcomings. |
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According to the regulators, the shortcomings stemmed from the fact that the living wills were based on certain unrealistic and inadequate assumptions. |
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We aim to eliminate the shortcomings of point-to-point integrations and provide the interoperability needed to successfully manage customer application lifecycles. |
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To pathologize China's industries as corrupt not only reeks of centuries-old Yellow Peril rhetoric but also fails to acknowledge the shortcomings of transnational regulations. |
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England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage. |
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Each data source and associated method have capabilities and shortcomings. |
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This project seeks to address these shortcomings by developing a unified catalytic approach to these heterocycles through a fundamentally new ring synthesis mechanism. |
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