Word: imperfections
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact that the song he is singing is called, ahem, "Nazi Girlfriend." The lyrics, though: "Her French is perfect/So is her butt." The ageing rocker wannabes, perhaps more mortified than most--both by the low, low volume of their evening of youth recaptured and by their own girlfriends' imperfect French and butt--begin yelling. And yelling quite audibly, since Iggy is after all singing acoustic. "Play some music" and "Please don't suck" and so on. So if there's one constant in Iggy Pop a.k.a. James Newell Osterberg's career, it's that he pisses off his audience...
...currents (two major influences on climate), and if you fed the climate of 1900 into any of them, they couldn't predict the climatic history of the 20th century. Like everything else in this frustrating field, the models' limitations force us to make important decisions in the face of imperfect knowledge...
...intimacy that only comes with the Loeb Ex and the convincing period costumes help to give the play the presence necessary to show the true injustice of More's practically perfect ideals struggling in an imperfect world. But the costumes and music are by no means the most consequential things the audience should remember. What should not be forgotten are the faces that bring the drama in your face, and that breathe life into this tragically uplifting story...
...also mentioned Harvard's own history of imperfect gender-relations...
...Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) documented an increased prevalence of risk factors for chronic disease--including obesity--among non-whites and among those with lower levels of education. Level of education is an imperfect proxy for socioeconomic status, but it is often the only marker available in large-scale surveillance studies...