Word: imperfection
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...colors go on in spontaneous strokes that evoke the pages of an aging sage's diary; he signs and dates them in scrawly calligraphy before he begins. Each day's entry seems much the same, but some entries are too personal or too imperfect to be seen, and are destroyed. Others add to the meditative melodies of Bissier's world, and to the greater world he so patiently has survived...
Often Mme. Nhu's imperfect English got her into jams. But she also used it as a handy escape hatch when her more acid quotes backfired. At first she denied that she had ever described American troops in South Viet Nam as "soldiers of fortune." Said she: "I have a very rich vocabulary, but that word I have never used." But a couple of days later she reversed herself, said that she had indeed used the words-though in a complimentary sense, to denote "self-made heroes." Explaining her macabre comment about "these Buddhist barbecues" after the suicides...
...Peabody argued that there exists a reasonable doubt of Kerrigan's guilt, that conviction had been made on the basis of circumstantial evidence, and that two other publicized killings of policemen in recent days had influenced the case. The judgments of juries are and always have been human and imperfect acts; in Kerrigan's case, the element of doubt is simply more striking than it is in most murder cases. But the death penalty denies that there can be any doubt...
...were mere paper." But as the scenes accumulate, the character compiles impressive volume and solidity, and by film's end the grand Sicilian stands in the mind as a man whose like men shall not look upon again: one of culture's noblemen, a very imperfect gentle knight...
...mechanical--but mechanically imperfect--treatment of Franck's Symphonic Variations by Steven Lubin '63 suggests that perhaps venturing away from musically established works might cure these soloists of their apparent boredom. There are at least two reasonable interpretations of this load of Franck schmaltz: one can play it through straight-forwardly, or one can indulge in a bit of lingering and slavering. Given my preference for the latter, I found Lubin's performance flat and cold. However, neither preference calls for an overly heavy bass, unclear technical display, a constantly underfed melody, and brusquely punctuated phrases; though Mr. Lubin provided...