Word: perfectible
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moral casuistry of its readership, failing to face the essential moral question that begged to be raised throughout the days surrounding the event: What is wrong with a society that causes alienated, frustrated groups of people such as the members of MOVE to arise? If our society is as perfect as the Philadelphia notables claim it to be, then what fed the dissatisfaction and anomie that led MOVE to face self-destruction rather than to surrender to the dominant forces of their age? This question never appeared in all the dozens of articles and editorials that appeared after the shoot...
Speaking before House investigators and members of the House Assassinations Committee last April, the Cuban president said his involvement in any murder plot would have supplied the U.S. government with "the most perfect pretext" for an invasion of Cuba...
Hassler saved Stanley with his rally-quashing stint, but Baker suffered a worse fate. A leadoff walk to Butch Hobson and a hit-and-run single by pinch-hitter (for George Scott) Jack Brohamer sent Baker to the showers after five innings of near-perfect work. With John Hiller on the mound for Detroit, Jason Thompson nearly killed the rally by gunning pinch-runner Frank Duffy at the plate with one out, but Mr. Remy coolly stroked his game-winning single to centerfield moments later...
...effect of the Carter human rights policy on Iran. Well, when we started to liberalize two years ago, it was with the perfect understanding and knowledge that the democratic way will be our way in the future. Everything that was done was to secure our democratic future. And that was two years ago [he means to emphasize that he initiated the liberalization before the Carter Administration came into office...
...wise ex-con who got a law degree in jail and now defends the poor and downtrodden. His legal methods are pushy, his language rough, but you can be sure he gets results for his clients. Smartly enough, the series' creators have also provided the hero with a perfect foil: Patrick O'Neal as an elegant corporate lawyer who takes Kaz into his firm. Whenever it seems that Leibman might burn a hole in the tube, Old Pro O'Neal trots out to cool things down...