Word: imperfectionable
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However, it is the more subtle mishandling of sensitive and complex topics that is more upsetting. For instance, your story claims that PBHA and the University have reached impasse-one side insisting the executive director must report to the board" and the other insisting that the executive director must report...
Artists in all media know that a touch of imperfection--a barely missed beat, Streisand's nose--can breathe life into a work. But perfectibility is the Promethean temptation of Hollywood's computer-graphics revolution, which is giving movies a glossy hyperreality unseen since the heyday of the studio system...
One would think this is a good thing. After all, Harvard certainly rates high in the stress category; this is a fast-paced, pressured and demanding campus that pushes its students hard. We are expected to perform at peak capacity at all times. There is little time for relaxation and...
While the same cannot be said for Galway Kinnell's poetry--it's full of flights of fancy and elaborate metaphors--it nevertheless shares with Hall's a quality of being designed for performance. The title of the volume, Imperfect Thirst, comes from the book's aptly chosen epigram: "If...
Our celebration Wednesday night was not a chance to gloat over a vanquished enemy. We celebrated the miracle of freedom for a people nearly annihilated in this century. The Palestinian and Israeli communities must continually reevaluate national myths and recognize that human imperfection will always be a blemish on our...