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Word: perfectible (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...looked down at the contraption. I had a hard on. I had a vibrator. I could fuck Miss Lee-Lee and get off at the same time. It was perfect. But as I looked at her reclined body—her elbows and knees and ankles laced through leather strings—I knew that I still had some questions...

Author: By Kathleen E. Hale, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FICTION: Finagled | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...work through many injuries.”“But no matter what has been going on, she has always found a way to persevere, and get out there to compete for us,” he continued.Through numerous trials to find the perfect workout, passion for the sport and unyielding commitment to the team, Merritt has been able to overcome the numerous obstacles that have been thrown at her, and help the Harvard track team steadily gain momentum through the years.“I absolutely love track and love the team,” Merritt said...

Author: By Katie Kuzma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Merritt Inspires Crimson | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...power grid is far from perfect. On any given day, 500,000 Americans experience an outage, says Arshad Mansoor of the Electric Power Research Institute, which is funded by the utility industry. Why is this a good thing? Because it means the grid deals with breakdowns all the time, and the industry knows how to fix them. The grid has built-in redundancies and manual overrides that allow for restoration of supply. Mansoor is careful to point out that these are "not defenses against cyberattacks, but for dealing with the consequence of such attacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Vulnerable Is the Power Grid? | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...army and weaken Ireland's laws against abortion. The confusion also raised questions about whether the Lisbon Treaty was too complicated and technical to be put to a referendum. But Ganley, who will run himself in Ireland's northwest constituency, rejects such claims. "Democracy is not supposed to be perfect," he says. "It's a blunt instrument. It's not expected to be efficient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How One Man Plans to Sink the European Union | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...Mexico is not perfect, God knows, but what country is? The political and economic progress it has made compares well with that of nations that are frequently held up as exemplars of modernization. In development stars such as South Korea and Thailand, political convulsions have demonstrated that economic growth on its own does not make for prosperity and stability. To be sure, Mexico has not seen the modernization on all fronts that Spain experienced in the years after the end of Franco's dictatorship, but Spain's progress was much helped by the country's early accession to the European...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Visits Mexico, Where the News Isn't All That Bad | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

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