Word: imperfection
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Since nothing this catastrophic ever happened in any of the prior shuttle flights, NASA grew increasingly--and justifiably--confident that the lightweight and durable shielding was the best of an admittedly imperfect set of options. Now there is reason to doubt. "Obviously, the loss of tiles has to be looked at and put to bed," says George Gleghorn, a former chief engineer for TRW's space group and, for six years, a member of a NASA safety-advisory panel...
...fact that Lincoln's mouth is turned ever so slightly into a smile. The smile doesn't negate the sorrow. But it alters tragedy into grace. It's as if this rough-faced, aging man has cast his gaze toward eternity and yet still cherishes his memories--of an imperfect world and its fleeting, sometimes terrible beauty. On trying days, the portrait, a reproduction of which hangs in my office, soothes me; it always asks me questions...
Hoffer, an adviser on plagiarism to the American Historical Association, is the author of “Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Frauds,” an examination of major cases of historical misconduct...
...work out why medicine remains with so many imperfections,” Gawande says, “what we can do to make them better, and what the experience is like of both practicing medicine and being someone who has to be cured for by a system that will always be imperfect...
...book “Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science” was a finalist for the National Book Award...