Word: imperfectly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Star Wars: Pro and Con" [NATION, Oct. 29], you say that the best argument against President Reagan's space-based defense plan is that the system would have to be 100% effective but cannot be. The requirement of perfection is misleading. The key question: Shall we have an imperfect defense and save 90% of the U.S. from a Soviet attack or no defense and let the nation be destroyed...
...progressive and lavish agenda that emerged in the 1960s--to which many contemporary Democrats still cling--resulted from an unsophisticated naivete which dominated America at the time. We believed that it was possible to solve all of our problems, purity our still imperfect society, with little or no cost to the people. After all, the economic pie had consistently been growing at mercurial rates since World War II. No redistribution of wealth would be necessary to clean up the environment and eradicate poverty. Nor would civil strife arise as the liberals attempted to erase sexual and racial discrimination. Gripped...
...problem Janeway does not face is a lack of resources: the Globe's parent company has made a pretax profit of $40 million for the first nine months of 1984. He recognizes the paper's complex and imperfect character. "I want to nourish the traditions of individuality and crusading," he says, "but I may put greater emphasis on other flags we salute, such as consistency and keeping opinion out of the news columns." Adds Winship modestly: "Mike may be better at keeping the paper steady than...
Affirmative rebuttal: The alternative is a series of campaigns consisting of ever more tightly controlled photo opportunities and slickly packaged TV spots. Debates offer an imperfect but valuable chance for a mass audience to try to distinguish image from reality...
...while it can take years to develop a new formula, some students are living in storage closets. Determining whether more dramatic charges, such as a radical reworking of the housing policy or construction of a new House, are in order could take far longer. Even if their methods remain imperfect, College officials and masters should seriously consider increasing the flexibility of the various elements in the housing system to remedy the immediate difficulties...