Word: imperfectibility
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Instead of quickly forgetting how we revered the rankings when we came in number one, and instead of ranting about how the survey is "necessarily imperfect," let's be thankful that the world now knows what we know in our hearts: student selectivity is only the first step. The education we receive once we get here counts too, and for now, Yale and Princeton have us beat...
While the ranking of colleges is an arbitrary business, necessarily imperfect and inherently subjective, we feel that if the U.S. News is going to continue its annual survey, its editors might as well find a way to reach the correct conclusions. Whatever can be said about Harvard's performance in the last year, the thought that it could be outdone by lesser schools in Connecticut and New Jersey is, well, preposterous...
...Brien the chance to make a clean break with the past imperfect begins next week in Atlanta on July 31, the first of the decathlon's grueling two days. It is an irony of Olympic fever that one can be, like O'Brien, a three-time world champion and the world record holder in an event and yet, minus that gold, still be only an athlete-in-waiting. But while it is unwise to be too cocksure, O'Brien, who turned 30 last week, is primed. He not only expects the gold but says, "I want to do it right...
...they are not required to seek him out. That leaves diplomacy as the only viable venue for removing him. Holbrooke's other mission is to make sure that the upcoming elections in Bosnia are held in mid-September, despite obvious flaws. "I think the elections are certain to be imperfect and it's essential they go on," Holbrooke said last month. "If the elections are not held while NATO are on the ground, they probably never will be held." Holbrooke, who left his position as assistant Secretary of State in February for a lucrative career on Wall Street, is probably...
...they are not required to seek him out. That leaves diplomacy as the only viable venue for removing him. Holbrooke's other mission is to make sure that the upcoming elections in Bosnia are held in mid-September, despite obvious flaws. "I think the elections are certain to be imperfect and it's essential they go on," Holbrooke said last month. "If the elections are not held while NATO are on the ground, they probably never will be held." Holbrooke, who left his position as assistant Secretary of State in February for a lucrative career on Wall Street, is probably...