Word: imperfectible
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From first-grade teachers to overworked TFs, grading student essays consumes a huge portion of instructors' time. Multiple-choice tests and oral exams are imperfect solutions to the problem, and students' writing skills go untried...
...public life and some questionable things behind closed doors [SPECIAL REPORT, Aug. 10]. Perhaps the reason that the American people appreciate him and his polls rise with every scandal is that we see a bit of ourselves in him. It's heartening to know you can be imperfect and still make it to the top. TONY REICHENBERGER Madison...
Yesterday an imperfect man threw a perfect game...
...still too early to judge the long-term effectiveness of Dayton. The U.S., committed at last to resolving the conflict, radically changed the course of events for the better, and the process continues relatively peacefully. In one of the more deadly parts of an imperfect world, that is no mean achievement...
...wisdom holds that Clinton is untouchable because a robust economy has made satisfied customers of us all. But the conventional wisdom doesn't begin to comprehend the intricacy of a scandal in which charges of unappetizing personal behavior are made by accusers of varying plausibility against a President of imperfect credibility. To situate yourself amid the interlocking treacheries of the story so far, you might need the sensibilities of Henry James and the skepticism of Henry Adams. Or you might simply arrive at a position in which misgivings about presidential sex don't translate into a lust for legal...