Word: imperfectibility
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...REJECTING Judge Trautwein's attempt to fashion a workable, if imperfect, compromise between the demands of the First and Sixth amendments, the Times has refused in effect to acknowledge the seriousness of the problem. At the same time, the Times has arrogated to the press judicial immunity it would rightly deny any other institution. One can only hope that the Times will realize the danger of maintaining its present position, particularly in light of the altered facts of the case. The Times should accept Judge Trautwein's compromise or propose a better one. A failure to do so will eventually...
...Hand) and the swan song of The Band (The Last Waltz). Now comes The Buddy Holly Story, a biopic about the pioneer rocker who died in a plane crash at age 22 in 1959. In many ways this film resembles the rest of the crop: it is rousing, if imperfect entertainment that treats its hero as a full-fledged saint. But in box office terms, The Buddy
...child's resolution of the oneness-separateness conflict between the ages of 18 and 36 months, says Kaplan, will shape, but not determine, the adult it will become. "To the extent that a child is trapped in imperfect reconciliation at the age of three, it will be more difficult for it to take advantage of what life offers later on, but it won't be impossible...
...Marshall Plan for the developing nations would admittedly be imperfect. But consider the alternatives: for the LDCs, continued poverty; for the industrial nations, endless political threats and damage to their own economies. Rich and poor countries do not have to like each other to realize they have a common interest they cannot escape...
Schwartz has also presented an ingenious bit of evidence that Lincoln had a specific cardiovascular problem also associated with Marfan's syndrome: imperfect closure of the valves of the aorta, the large artery that carries blood from the heart. The clue appeared in a picture of the President taken in 1863. Lincoln had his legs crossed, and in an otherwise sharp photo, the left foot-suspended in the air -is blurred. When viewing the print. Lincoln asked why the foot was fuzzy. A friend familiar with physiology suggested that the throbbing arteries in the leg might have caused some...