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...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...
...committee concluded that Kelly wasn't the story's primary source, but the scientist clearly did not enjoy testifying. At first he mumbled so low the ventilation had to be turned off so that he could be heard, and he deflected some questions with vague answers and claims of imperfect memory. His family later said he had found recent events "intolerable...
...that's the signal to "get out quick." A "Q" means the company is in bankruptcy, and even the pros say figuring out details of who gets what, and when, is difficult. "The information flow can be very sketchy. Management is in turmoil. It's a very imperfect market," says Jonathan Rosenthal, a partner at Saybrook Capital, a Santa Monica, Calif., investment bank that focuses on restructuring bankrupt companies...
...Martha, meanwhile, was stepping down from the presidency of a billion-dollar empire she started from scratch, having been arraigned at Manhattan's federal courthouse on charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice. She may have been spared the perp walk, but the sight of Martha in such imperfect circumstances was a shock - the only visible touch of the domestic goddess of old being the spotless white umbrella held above her head...
...death penalty is not carried out in some perfect world, where gods and angels preside over just executions for the good of society. Here on earth, we don’t elect gods; we elect human beings. Our institutions of government and law are the impure creations of imperfect men like Governor George Ryan. Ryan just had the integrity to see the impurities in the system and act accordingly...