Word: imperfectible
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...Ford Foundation donation, Chester Bowles brought to many undergratuates an optimism and intelligence uncommon today among America's spokesmen. But Bowles would undoubtedly be the first to prick this balloon we have inflated in his honor, for his is a quiet humility which understands that being human means being imperfect...
...that carped at the Hays-Coffin findings, the Ottawa Journal had only mock-serious despair. "The trouble, apparently, is that some stroke of cruel misfortune has placed Canadians, wise, virtuous, altruistic, full of grace, all but perfect in their thoughts, acts and general conduct, alongside a people who are imperfect, who lack our wisdom, idealism, grace and near-perfect behavior, leaving us in a mess. Are we not in danger of losing all sense of proportion-becoming in the process a sort of humorless cry-baby of the Western world...
Price stickiness, excessive and compulsive advertising, administered prices, and other undesireable consequences of oligopoly are problems which certainly should be considered in formulating anti-recession policy. Techniques for combatting economic ills are, of course, imperfect, and there exists no single effective anti-recession weapon. Any sophisticated discussion of economic policy must recognize the need for a variety of approaches, applied with varying degrees of emphasis throughout the spectrum of the economy...
...threats to our society from mental ills, broken homes, crime-ridden cities, imperfect governments and the even less perfect relationships among governments, are as pressing as any," he says. "And the humanities, which give quality to life and also to most of us our deepest understanding, must continue to be cultivated if we are to build and maintain a culture worth preserving, and produce people equipped in heart and mind to carry such large responsibility...
...forced commuting situation should be eased by other methods; for example, some people now compelled to live in the Houses might be permitted to stay outside. Forced commuting is at best an imperfect solution; but the Administration is right in accepting something less than Utopia in fulfilling its obligation to educate as many...