Word: perfective
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...What's that?" he asked. This new HDTV was so big, I had to put it in front of the entertainment center that held my stereo and old HDTV. It was so big, it blotted out the windows and the sunshine that ordinarily would have threatened to ruin a perfect day for watching...
...envisaged as a collectivized moral paragon, a fragile, idealized community that must hold itself to its own high standards if it hopes to preserve its figurative elevation.To be fair, Palin reined in her nationalism, if not her loopy syntax, immediately afterward; she continued, “We are not perfect as a nation. But together, we represent a perfect ideal. And that is democracy and tolerance and freedom and equal rights.” So, yes, she understands that a bitter incongruity exists between American ideals and American realities—that, oftentimes, the poor are rendered mute and immobile...
...example, upon finishing driver’s ed., the instructor thoughtfully called my parents to give them a casual heads-up on what skill they could help me perfect before the big day. Grateful for this courtesy, my mother anticipated a suggestion that I might put a little extra time into, say, parallel parking. Three point turns, maybe? Hell, even “coming to a slow stop” would have been less shameful than what the instructor actually had to say: “I think Katie might benefit from more practice on her right hand turns...
...each candidate considered to be his or her Achilles’ heel, Palin assured the audience of her “experience as an executive” and “connection to the heartland of America,” before conceding that “we are not perfect as a nation. But together, we represent a perfect ideal. And that is democracy and tolerance and freedom and equal rights. Those things that we stand for that can be put to good use as a force for good in this world.” Whether this evasion was deft...
...peer education about mental health and eating concerns would also greatly benefit freshmen. Harvard is a place where many students are afraid to express what they perceive to be weaknesses; more peer-to-peer education could do a great deal to reduce this fear. Freshmen study breaks provide the perfect opportunity for members of groups like Room 13, Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach, the Bureau of Study Counsel and the like to make freshmen aware of positive health habits and the Harvard resources that support them. If health resources such as peer counseling groups are widely advertised and de-stigmatized...