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...this case, inspection appears to be an imperfect science...
...have failed at schools like Harvard, which does not have a cable network. There were also sacrifices made with the MIT system—not all students could control the music, the analog quality was not as rich-sounding as its digital counterpart and a fixed broadcast was an imperfect substitute for playing downloaded MP3s, when the listener easily controls every song he or she plays...
...have to agree with the dissent to your staff editorial on online course registration for Harvard (Editorial, “Register.Harvard.Edu,” Oct. 31). All of the concerns expressed about worsening an imperfect advising process are quite justified. Beyond this, however, the development of an online course registration system would only lead to further headaches for students and further unnecessary costs for the University...
Eizenstat recently wrote the book Imperfect Justice about his experiences negotiating the settlement...
...Series since 1918, aren't losers, because they play for the love of the game. I'm just kidding; the Red Sox are total losers. But even the Yankees aren't World Series champions in almost 75% of their seasons. Life is mostly losing. It's a series of imperfect essays full of jokes that don't quite work, of dreams that go unfulfilled, of passions that dwindle and ultimately, death. And if you don't figure out how to strive with the acceptance of guaranteed failure, how to find fulfillment in the eternal recurrence of imperfection, then...