Word: perfective
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...Hollande admit it's flawed, but claim it can be amended. They say rejecting it would marginalize the party. "This vote determines whether the PS can retain its identity and legitimacy as a constructive European force and a party of responsible reform," says Strauss-Kahn. "The treaty isn't perfect, but we can improve it." Fabius' camp advocates trying to change the document before approving it. "We're in politics to defend ideals and address injustices, not accept flaws and insufficiencies as fated," says PS parliamentarian and no backer Manuel Valls. The outcome of the vote will show whether support...
...women too, are on their ingratiating best behavior in the blossoming of an affair. This isn't all salesmanship, closing the deal; it's that lovers swell with the sweet anticipation that this time will be different - perfect. And they will be different. They are, for a while: better than their best. It's at the bitter end of the affair that men, and women, tend to be at their worst, getting pathetic, shrill, vindictive. Especially if one of the pair feels wronged and righteous. No sadistic cop could grill a suspect with more brutal intensity than a man brings...
Forty-eight seniors with near perfect GPAs were recently elected into Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, joining 24 members of their class who were elected last spring...
...members of Harvard football’s Class of 2005 entered their final year with rings on their fingers and a perfect season under their belts. They didn’t need to win on Saturday to own a place in Crimson history, just as they didn’t need to win the Ivy title the week before to get a taste of a league championship...
...It’s the perfect end to the perfect season,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “The most perfect season...