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And yet they have such different personalities like Alice in "Shortcomings," she got kicked out of grad school, she's in your face, unapologetic kind of a troublemaker and very liberated in her queerness.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2024

Shortcomings cited included inadequate vaccination among older people and insufficient supplies of therapeutic drugs.

From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2023

Shortcomings in how social workers and sheriff’s deputies work together was also addressed in a March 2021 memorandum of understanding on collaboration and joint investigations.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2022

Shortcomings on defense played a role in a number of losses midway through the season and late in the year.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2017

Lumby on "Shortcomings of Translation," Expositor, second series, vol. iii. p.

From The Teaching of Jesus by Jackson, George