Word: imperfectible
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...lower courts to process the backlog of death penalty cases swiftly. As those backed-up cases now come surging through the courts, however, many observers are concerned that the sheer numbers will cause judicial corners to be cut, and that convicts will go to the executioner having had imperfect legal representation. One of Stephens' main appeals arguments was rejected, for instance, because his lawyers filed the motions late...
Goddell, concerned that his exhibit would be limited by the imperfect quality of the plant models, first experimented with way and paper-mach. But these materials tended to be rough and not keep well, and dried of preserved plants failed to converse the fresh look Goddell wanted...
...captivity offer, in theory, a plausible solution to the problem. To give Baby Fae a human heart would have advanced the cause of children in general very little. But it might have advanced the cause of this child more than a baboon's heart, which, given the imperfect state of our knowledge, was more likely to be rejected...
...Star Wars: Pro and Con" [NATION, Oct. 29], you say that the best argument against President Reagan's space-based defense plan is that the system would have to be 100% effective but cannot be. The requirement of perfection is misleading. The key question: Shall we have an imperfect defense and save 90% of the U.S. from a Soviet attack or no defense and let the nation be destroyed...
...progressive and lavish agenda that emerged in the 1960s--to which many contemporary Democrats still cling--resulted from an unsophisticated naivete which dominated America at the time. We believed that it was possible to solve all of our problems, purity our still imperfect society, with little or no cost to the people. After all, the economic pie had consistently been growing at mercurial rates since World War II. No redistribution of wealth would be necessary to clean up the environment and eradicate poverty. Nor would civil strife arise as the liberals attempted to erase sexual and racial discrimination. Gripped...