Word: imperfection
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...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...
...first "indispensable step," said Rockefeller, is a favorable investment climate: "Workable measures are needed to produce reasonable price stability, replace debilitating exchange controls with realistic exchange rates, remove those controls and regulations which restrict enterprise and sustain local high-cost monopolies. The forces of supply and demand, however imperfect, will remain more efficient regulators of priorities than a bureaucracy...
...look for the signs. They're there. The world is moving in this direction and if you look you'll see. But man is imperfect and impatience can lead to unhappiness if uncontrolled. Daniel S. Rattiner...
...reducing the majority needed to end debate from two-thirds to three-fifths, has failed. From the start the proposal received remarkably unaggressive support from the liberals who sponsored it. They, and the outright opponents of the change, failed to recognize two things: first, that a government, though imperfect cannot afford to hamstring itself; second, that proper legislation is a necessary, if not sufficient, condition for effective civil rights...
...Vanity overcoming discretion, Sherman phoned the Newark Evening News to boast of his own treasure trove, and the story of his bonanza burst into headlines across the country. In Washington, Postmaster General J. Edward Day reacted hastily. He directed the printing of 400,000 more Hammarskjolds with the identical imperfect backgrounds -thus knocking down the worth of the originals to little more than the 4? they had cost at the post office. Moaned Sherman's wife: "Isn't that lousy...