Word: imperfectability
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...Talk. Whether the prodigy will live up to its pressagentry, or whether its blessing will be unmixed, no one yet knows for sure. But one thing is certain: television is coming. It is already where aviation was when Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic in 1927-imperfect but inevitable. The chances are that it will change the American way of life more than anything since the Model...
...careful check for possible cribbing seems to be necessary in this imperfect world. Over-zealous watchmen, however, who apparently feel they have not earned their pay unless they prowl the premises like Sam Spades, do more harm than good. They appear to hold the belief that every student has spent the term laying elaborate plans for skulldudgery on the final exam. Such an attitude is contrary to the "innocent until proven guilty" standard of common law,--and it is like the Chinese water torture for exam-writers, who are demonstrably the jumpiest of humans...
...that man knows about the outside world he learns through his senses. But these "physical systems" are as imperfect as man-made instruments: they have their failings and foibles...
...Peabody production was vigorous, though imperfect; all in all excellent for an amateur group. The pity is that the D'Oyly Carte, presently in New York and hoped-for in Boston, does not add "Utopia Ltd." to its repertory. But perhaps the oldtimers are still wary, believing that their black sheep will he as unpopular today as it was fifty-five years...
...criticized and much-badgered Athletic Association hates to change the policies of its younger days. Cajoled by the alumni and wrapped up in hoary tradition, the rulemakers for Crimson sports have for decades perpetuated a faulty system of letter awards. Down at Quincy Street everybody agrees the system is imperfect; some even term it an anachronism...