Word: imperfection
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...have failed at schools like Harvard, which does not have a cable network. There were also sacrifices made with the MIT system—not all students could control the music, the analog quality was not as rich-sounding as its digital counterpart and a fixed broadcast was an imperfect substitute for playing downloaded MP3s, when the listener easily controls every song he or she plays...
Eizenstat recently wrote the book Imperfect Justice about his experiences negotiating the settlement...
...Series since 1918, aren't losers, because they play for the love of the game. I'm just kidding; the Red Sox are total losers. But even the Yankees aren't World Series champions in almost 75% of their seasons. Life is mostly losing. It's a series of imperfect essays full of jokes that don't quite work, of dreams that go unfulfilled, of passions that dwindle and ultimately, death. And if you don't figure out how to strive with the acceptance of guaranteed failure, how to find fulfillment in the eternal recurrence of imperfection, then...
...Series since 1918, aren't losers, because they play for the love of the game. I'm just kidding; the Red Sox are total losers. But even the Yankees aren't World Series champions in almost 75% of their seasons. Life is mostly losing. It's a series of imperfect essays full of jokes that don't quite work, of dreams that go unfulfilled, of passions that dwindle and ultimately, death. And if you don't figure out how to strive with the acceptance of guaranteed failure, how to find fulfillment in the eternal recurrence of imperfection, then...
...committee concluded that Kelly wasn't the story's primary source, but the scientist clearly did not enjoy testifying. At first he mumbled so low the ventilation had to be turned off so that he could be heard, and he deflected some questions with vague answers and claims of imperfect memory. His family later said he had found recent events "intolerable...