Word: imperfect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mellon's reply concluded with a reference to "the futility of unjustified criticism based upon an imperfect understanding of the facts...
...their lives by the change of the Orthodox Greek Churches from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, the fearful wail that must have gone forth can easily be imagined by the Daylight Saving "grousers" At the same time it may have reminded people of what an arbitrary and imperfect thing the Gregorian calendar is. Although Caesa, and Pope Gregery put it inot fair harmony with the solar year, it is full of odd quirks. For instance it begirs on January first instead of with the vernal equinox because the Renaissance advanced the entrance of the consuls into office, their official...
...lecture this afternoon will deal with "John Winthrop and the Puritan Union." The lecture on October 19 will show the influence of Benjamin Franklin on the growth of nationality. On October 23, Professor Holcombe will speak on "John Dickenson and the Imperfect National Union", and on October 26, his culminating lecture will be "Abraham Lincoln and the Triumph of Nationality...
Bibles. The ordinary Gutenberg Bible, of which 41 are known to be in existence, has 641 pages. (This was the first issue of the Bible printed with movable type, 1450, 1455.) Gabriel Wells, a Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, bookdealer, recently sold piecemeal an imperfect copy of 593 pages. Where whole books or chapters were intact, they were sold as units. The splitting up of the book makes it possible for many museums and libraries to have pages of this famous Bible, where it would be impossible to secure whole copies. Those which have benefited under this scheme are: Toledo Museum...
...From an imperfect deluge of twisted information that has been showered upon the world, a few facts stand out backed with some evidence of authenticity. One is that a Peking-Shanghai train was derailed near Tsinan, capital of Shantung province, and approximately 150 foreigners were captured by bandits. Another is that the Peking Government, while able to exert only a shadow of authority over the land, accepted the brigand's terms for the return of their captives. These terms include immunity from prosecution and incorporation in the Chinese National Army. Some of the victims are to be released...