Word: imperfect
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...geniality of expression persisted in belying the character he had assumed. Miss Gragg rendered the varying and not entirely convincing moods of the heroine with a charm which was, perhaps, a trifle modern; and Mr. Papazian's capable presentation of the witch was injured but not destroyed by the imperfect illusion in the first...
...with more accuracy but less picturesquencess and dash. In some passages the sentences are monotonously short. "Gentlemen and Seamen" treats of the old merchant sea-captains in New England and of Salem, the old seaport for trade with the East. The feeling in the article is good; but the imperfect workmanship and the tendency to moralize give the effect of a school composition. "The Friend," a sonnet, though not quite musical and at the end not quite clear, may be called a "lovable" poem for its fine spirit and its unpretentious truth. The other poem, "The West," shows...
Many charges have been made by the New York newspapers that burglary has been increasing, due to the inefficiency of the police and detective forces. There is no possible proof that crime is on the increase, because, up to last year, only an imperfect and fragmentary record of the cases was kept. The policeman is not really responsible for the inefficiency of the force. If an over-zealous officer arrests a man who is influential in his ward, he is certain to get into trouble; if he makes too many arrests, he becomes disliked by the other policemen...
...purpose of the club, as stated in the constitution, is as follows: "Since there is a wide-spread opinion that the present state of society is fundamentally imperfect, and that a basis of reconstruction must be found, the purpose of this club shall be the study of Socialism and all other radical programs of reform which aim at a better organic development of society. By Socialism shall be understood, the ownership by the community of the means of production and the extension of the functions of the state to eradicate the individualistic basis of the present economic system. The club...
...owners for the use of dormitory tanks, and must meet teams accustomed to regular practice in well-appointed tanks, obviously at a great disadvantage. The apparatus of the Gymnasium is in general good, but in many cases antiquated, such as the rowing machines. The sanitation of the building is imperfect, danger of disease being increased by the impossibility of sufficient ventilation and the present uncleanliness of lockers and corridors...