But the bill has one persistent and maddening flaw.

It was, he felt, a persistent flaw in his wife's otherwise practical and sensible character that she believed, against all evidence, that he was a man of many talents.

Exactly what that means has been open to liberal interpretation, and therein lies the frustration, the persistent flaw and, for some, the charm of the Heisman process.

The Aquila illustrates one of the persistent flaws that plague the military research and development process.

The relative lack of pertinent quotations from Kafka himself is a persistent flaw.

Although these articles were elegant, minutely observed and sometimes wickedly funny, they had, according to Christopher Isherwood, a persistent flaw: "[S]he is only capable of thinking negatively.

Mr. Jones's novel is not helped by certain small but persistent flaws.

It excoriated intelligence agencies for "persistent flaws" in past estimates and took it upon itself to "determine what methodological misperceptions cause their most serious errors of judgment."

Second, the board strongly believes that if these persistent, systemic flaws are not resolved, the scene is set for another accident.

However, we cannot overlook the persistent flaws of our economic structures, evidence of which lies in the lower-than-forecast growth rates.