| 单词 | imperfect |
| 例句 | In biology there is a principle of powerful if imperfect applicability called recapitulation: in our individual embryonic development we retrace the evolutionary history of the species. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I shorten it to “Moms”: an imperfect “Mom.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “The girl Kira was imperfect at birth. She had a visible and incurable defect.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If this really were a new star, it would shatter that perfection—and once you accepted that the heavens were imperfect, who could say what might follow? The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Looking in the mirror, I could identify every disgusting, clogged pore, every hair out of place, every imperfection on my imperfect body. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But in real life, Persepolis was brown and rough and imperfect. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “She was imperfect. And fatherless as well. She should not have been kept.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it won’t be easy, you all having to share me, but we must make the best of an imperfect situation.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Yes. It was necessary, you see, since there are four Machines, one handling each of the Planetary Regions. And all four are yielding imperfect results.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His mouth filled with frothy saliva; no perceptible pulsations in the radial artery; but little external heat and very imperfect respiration. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That is, essentially, a way of recognizing the provisional and imperfect nature of scientific reasoning. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We rest in silence for a while, thoughts caught in each of our imperfect minds. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They were supposed to respect one another’s curtains, but it was an imperfect system, especially where Minya was concerned. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So imperfect was this realisation of the first of my great expectations, that I looked in dismay at Mr. Wemmick. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I knew the crucial distinction between perfect and imperfect contrition. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He does not wish the emissary to see the imperfect glaze ... his pride keeps him from a royal commission. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s odd to hear; most of the Folk are musically gifted, but I like her tune better for being imperfect. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But lenses were used to correct imperfect vision, not to see things which could not be seen by someone with good eyesight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One reason why the new science made progress and the old philosophy did not is that it was conscious of being imperfect and incomplete. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “She was imperfect. And fatherless as well. She should not have been kept.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Knowledge, of course, is always imperfect, but it seemed to me that when a nation goes to war it must have reasonable confidence in the justice and imperative of its cause. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s perfect? I feel like it’s the actual definition of imperfect.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Human beings, Montaigne argued, are imperfect, and so human knowledge is necessarily unreliable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to embarrass himself with his imperfect chopping technique. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The bitter little man who taught the course was the lone professor in the school who had guts enough to try to teach it, and even he evinced the rigidity of imperfect understanding. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The integers represented the purity of God, while the irrationals and other bizarre sets of numbers were abominations—figments of the imperfect human mind. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I could not have fathered an imperfect child,” Mr. Derby declared. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When he realized that his observatory shook slightly in the wind, making his measurements imperfect, he moved his instruments into underground bunkers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She winked, then switched to somewhat imperfect Elven: “It us pleasure to have stuff you full with food inconveniently, Magister Spurge.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I would never be so uncivil as to suggest imperfect freshness.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Your teeth were imperfect, so your parents got you braces. One day you’ll thank them when you get a date for the prom,” Mrs. V roars. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It was more as if she had brought them up— perhaps through indifference or through laziness or even through some kind of possessive cruelty—with an imperfect sense of right and wrong. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Induction is always imperfect, the evidence is always incomplete, but it can be good enough to be going on with. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was a result of the heating vent’s bad acoustics, her own imperfect English, and the fact that she kept lifting her head to hear if anyone was coming. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The fact that Aristarchus and Huygens used imprecise data and derived imperfect answers hardly matters. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But the comparison is imperfect, because Alexandria was also meant to be a cultural center. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z An imperfect situation, Sarai recalled, but the fizz of laughter had gone flat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The world, Govinda, is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a long path to perfection. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z We rest in silence for a while, thoughts caught in each of our imperfect minds. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I want you to let things be imperfect.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “A bit on the imperfect side, yes,” said Feral with regret, and they just couldn’t maintain their seriousness in the face of such an understatement. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her teeth were as chaotic and imperfect as her tights. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And of course competition is imperfect, and for a time scientists may set out on the wrong path; but over time good results will drive out bad ones. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Which is to say that several secret meetings were occurring at the same time; and the political corridors were even more labyrinthine than Jefferson’s imperfect memory of events. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He at once explained that the black woman’s offensive conduct was all due to imperfect training, as he was not there to take her in hand. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I am sensible that I believed one Way once but I aver that our College’s Defeat is due to an imperfect Understanding of this Question. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He, God, had made a sloven and unforgivable error in judgment: designing an imperfect universe. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He is depressed, and he craves the intimate bond of his family again, no matter how imperfect that can be. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z We went back to diagramming sentences, focusing on the imperfect tenses. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Here’s a memory, which like most memories is imperfect and subjective—collected long ago like a beach pebble and slipped into the pocket of my mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Rhetoric, as cannot be repeated too often, is the imperfect tool of an imperfect world. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Sohrab had been pretty much fatherless for years, but here I was, complaining about Stephen Kellner who, while imperfect, was certainly less terrifying than the Iranian government. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z But Alcmaeon’s zest for the impure was not shared by most of his Pythagorean colleagues in later times. an imperfect reflection. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I couldn’t help secretly wondering if performing the Amanar—even an imperfect one—would have been my ticket onto the team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And if planets were “imperfect,” why not their orbits as well? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So far the calutron’s production was minuscule and its reliability imperfect, but he was already planning to replace its 10-milliampere ion source with one offering yet another tenfold increase in power. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then I took him to a manufacturers’ outlet where we bought a supply of cheap imperfect “seconds”—shirts, underwear, cheap rings, watches, all kinds of quick-sale items. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And Toby—with his imperfect, crooked-nosed face—offered her a real smile. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And in the end, Harold’s imperfect audio system happened to be the last note in the melody of coincidences that changed my life. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It is unpainted, imperfect, striped with a half-dozen different types of wood, and missing details. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Kepler was one of the first people since antiquity to propose that the planets were material objects made of imperfect stuff like the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course Charley, even with his imperfect nose, would have known more. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the way, the custom, and it was the merciful thing, to give an unnamed, imperfect infant back to the earth before its spirit had filled it and made it human. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I considered her my ally because, like me, she was imperfect. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But it pleases me somehow to cut out all these imperfect women, with their forehead wrinkles that show how worried they are, and fix them into my scrapbook. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We prefer, none the less, to recognise human nature as we find it displayed in the everyday behaviour of the civilised majority in modern life—imperfect, no doubt, but certainly cooperative and frequently benevolent. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Yes, the 3-D technology is still imperfect; you may feel, as I did, the need to remove the plastic glasses from time to time in order to refocus your eyes. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z The debates are an imperfect system, he acknowledged, disadvantaging candidates who are more ruminative, wonkier, slower to the draw, and perhaps privileging woo-woo and bright shiny objects above their due. What should you look for in the Democratic debates? Ask the man who prepped Gore and Kerry. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Asking to be given the space to be imperfect, vulnerable and loved, despite our flaws, is a radical act in a country that dehumanizes us. What ‘Queen & Slim’ Gets Right About Black Women 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Underneath the plentiful high jinks in its physical-comedy-heavy scenes, “The People We Hate at the Wedding” ends up being a poignant enough good time that celebrates imperfect yet endearing familial love. ‘The People We Hate at the Wedding’ Review: Drunk People With Secrets 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Boosting demand for imperfect fruit and vegetables across the supply chain will require all participants to get involved — from grower to seller. The key to mitigating food waste and solving supermarket shortages? Ugly fruits and vegetables 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z This approach cannot help but manifest as the imperfect solution to a conundrum of inclusion. "A League of Their Own" makes up for the past's missed swings, but isn't quite a home run 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Mothers are imperfect and fallible, as Pinkett Smith and Gammy are constantly reminding their guests and viewers, many of whom are among the 11 million followers of the show's Facebook page. Why "Red Table Talk" is the closest inheritor to Oprah's mantle as TV's great celebrity confessional 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Hers is a personal, imperfect vision that absorbs, but never fully clarifies, the 20th century. The Perils of Order, Taken to the Extreme 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “She had a highly developed sense of imperfect perfection.” Inside Bunny Mellon’s World 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z But in reality humanitarian aid necessarily takes place in imperfect conditions. Worst aid 2010-04-24T23:06:00Z In part, the play is a study of Lia's liberal guilt and the difficulty of trying to do good in an imperfect world. Review 2010-10-06T23:43:00Z That reminds us that language is an imperfect, and sometimes even arbitrary, means of representing the world. In the galleries: Brick by brick, a dark history emerges 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Other things to look for in addition to bruised and imperfect produce are just slightly out-of-date packaged foods. Motherlode: Feeding Your Family From a Dumpster 2011-04-07T19:20:14Z Also, the process of transitioning a fetus from womb to external incubation is imperfect. Moving the dial on what’s possible: When it comes to extremely premature infants, what we can and what we should do are not always the same 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z The script, which has “developed and matured” over the past five years, she said, is about a teenage girl living with an eating disorder and the “imperfect relationships and complicated people” she surrounds herself with. In ‘The Last of Us,’ Bella Ramsey Might Save the World 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z She is loud, out there, imperfect, messy, and some might say maybe even a little gross. Defending Lena Dunham From the Wrath of the Sisterhood 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z What follows is a group portrait of five highly imperfect people fumbling in the dark, which is true even when it’s daytime. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z Some daters bend the truth to fit into a wider range of search parameters; others unintentionally misrepresent their personalities because self-knowledge is imperfect. Online Dating as Scientific Research 2011-11-12T15:00:05Z And so is the notion of a major motion picture made by, for and about adults, messy, imperfect and insensitive though they may be. ‘Basic Instinct’ at 30: A Time Capsule That Can Still Offend 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Writing is by definition an imperfect medium for relaying the human voice. Cultural Studies: Talking (Exclamation) Points 2011-07-01T20:53:51Z For many fans, it was the perfectly imperfect ending to a career defined by spontaneity and surprise. Replacements reunion: Genius or folly? 2013-07-12T18:03:00Z And no one has any of the serious problems — money or health troubles; dying relatives; imperfect children; religious differences; infidelities — that really test a couple. Review: ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Live!’ 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z In the early ’90s, at several memorial services for friends who had died of AIDS, I played “Good Thing Going,” a wistful song about recalling imperfect but cherished relationships. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Tyrion does an excellent, if imperfect job, despite these overwhelming circumstances, helping stave off an invasion and deal with other political crises. Barack Obama is Tyrion Lannister: The “Game of Thrones” theory that explains eight years of demented dysfunction 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z So an ordinary family, as imperfect as any other. Mind power in Auschwitz – and healing decades later 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z Find a deal at the shed behind the gallery, where pieces of the perfectly imperfect pottery are shelved. The Scenic Route: Have the Time of Your Life 2012-10-22T05:20:20.840Z We talk about how imperfections don't make us imperfect, and how muscles aren't the only things that make us strong. Naked with strangers, finally unafraid 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Nor, I add disinterestedly, is the cancellation of imperfect or merely old critics. After a Long, Starring Run, Will Racism at Last Get the Hook? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The dishes are perfectly imperfect, an edible “I woke up like this,” and easy to picture cropped square in your feed. ‘Sweeter Off the Vine’: A Cookbook Made for Instagram 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z People are at loose ends at Litchfield, looking for a path forward even though the open ones are all imperfect. 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 3, Episode 7 Recap: Norma Romano's Magic 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z At the same time, she also acknowledged that Hughes' films were deeply imperfect and "could also be considered racist, misogynistic, and, at times, homophobic." Danke schön! "The John Hughes Mixtapes" sheds light on vibrant and essential movie soundtrack gems 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z Critical reception is imperfect and it’s not always aligned with popular taste, but major oversights are rare. Cultural Criticism and the Way We Live Now 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Their tales of poverty, sickness, joblessness and hopelessness, told in simple and sometimes imperfect English, are heartbreaking. 'A Secret Gift': A trove of letters, a hidden history of hard times 2010-11-19T22:14:00Z “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” is certainly an imperfect reverie. | 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams': Herzog Finds His Inner Cave Man 2011-04-28T21:43:04Z Winston Churchill, whose fiery resolve and puckish impudence led many to embrace him as an inspiring, authentic, if imperfect, leader, never set out to become an accomplished artist. Churchill’s Aura, and Bright Colors, Draw New Fans to His Art 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z “He would never have wanted it to be published in an imperfect form if he had lived to finish it, but he was not alive to finish it,” Mr. Pietsch said. Piecing Together a Posthumous Novel From David Foster Wallace 2011-04-08T18:51:59Z A partial artwork could still be in process or be an attempt to capture a fleeting, imperfect perception. In the galleries: Unfinished works at Target Gallery 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z I used to hate feeling awkward or imperfect. How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z “So I painted most of the rooms, uncovered all the fireplaces and pulled up the carpets to reveal the wooden floors underneath. I like seeing the uneven textures, the perfectly imperfect,” she explains. Bold and brave: design in a rental house 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Now that many drinkers are turning to quirky, imperfect wines, the Wine Spectator’s numerals seem like artifacts from an earlier time. This New Hudson Yards Restaurant Is Better Than It Should Be 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z But not every narrator is reliable, and even those with the best intentions are imperfect. A taut, gripping inquiry into 'The Affair' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z “It was perfectly imperfect,” said Ms. Keffer, who is taking the groom’s name, but “I got to marry the man of my dreams.” Cold Cuts, Cheeses and So Many Smiles 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z How these disparate narratives created knots was part of the novel's immense charm; how the resolutions to their stories were imperfect, glancing, and more hint than "ta-da!" was its genius. Empty Space: A Haunting by M John Harrison – review 2012-08-02T07:00:00Z Though Celine and Jesse are not married, “Before Midnight” fits this description almost exactly, which is to say that it is exquisitely attuned to the fragile, imperfect nature of their bond. Movie Review: ‘Before Midnight,’ With Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke 2013-05-23T16:15:43Z In conventional terms, and certainly when it comes to the norms of packaged industrial entertainment, they’re imperfect just because they are real, which makes them shocking. ‘Funny Pages’ Review: Ordinary Life, Complex Stuff 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The Irishman’s narrative revolves around Frank’s imperfect recollections of when he first became involved with the Italian mafia in his 40s through to his present day in a nursing home. Seen but not heard: why don't women speak in The Irishman? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Many restaurant owners view the service charge with ambivalence, as a necessary but imperfect fix for an industry that looks increasingly unsustainable. The Restaurant Service Charge Isn’t Going Anywhere 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z But both approaches result in highly imperfect versions of what ticket-buyers had received. TV and theatre should separate and end this glorified casting couch | Mark Lawson 2010-03-30T20:30:00Z For a story centered on four teenagers, the portals for growth and revelation occur during imperfect generational transmissions, which brings us back to Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love." On "Reservation Dogs," the raddest soundtrack on TV "breaks expectations" for Native storytelling 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Levy has done that here, mapped the force of what happened — written an imperfect account of the imperfect art of surviving loss. A Memoir of Motherhood Lost 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The trick, which the Stones figured out long ago, is making them imperfect. Music Review: The Rolling Stones at Barclays Center 2012-12-09T10:03:19Z Her switch into an operatic style for her high notes felt prim, an imperfect melding of different vocal techniques. Review: A Singer Brings Her Splendid Sound to an Eclectic Recital 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Full Harvest, a company that connects the producers of things like juice, kimchi, and baby food directly with farms to buy imperfect and surplus produce using an online B2B marketplace, offers another solution. Study finds farm-level food waste is much worse than we thought 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z It is also worth noting that for all its spiritual unearthly intent, the symphony is ultimately of use in this imperfect world. A symphony for Los Angeles, just one otherworldly delight at L.A. Phil's Mozart and Pärt festival 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z Its psychological profile of a country in mourning is imperfect and patchwork. 'The Great Silence': Britain's mourning and recovery in the wake of World War I 2010-06-02T22:39:00Z His imperfect “Love Me Again” captured the attention of both Williams and Shelton. 'The Voice' recap: Blind auditions are now twice as nice 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The two dozen 14-year-olds forming an imperfect circle in a large hall on this humid morning in the Berkshires hail from every tier of their adolescent caste system, from the anointed to the laughingstocks. Girls, Uninterrupted 2010-08-13T22:38:00Z "Life comes to us, imperfect, unexpected, not as we wanted, and we have to embrace it, as brutal as it might be," he said. Cannes festival opens with genre-bending French drama sheltered from 'brutal' critics 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Diego is an impulsive, imperfect kid, struggling to be a good friend and a good son. In Armand Baltazar’s ‘Timeless,’ People, Dinosaurs and Robots Co-Exist 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z We’re imperfect creatures, able to imagine perfection but unable to attain it. I’m pansexual. Deal with it 2012-08-03T00:00:00Z An imperfect world is burning to the ground and those who survive must find what’s worth fighting for in it. 'The Fireman' may be the best apocalyptic read of the year, if you can stand the heat 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z You try it all on, as the half dressed, imperfect women around you weigh in. Motherlode: Introducing the Motherlode Book Club 2011-06-07T16:54:15Z But never mind that; the intriguing part of “Travelers” is that the newcomers, thanks to an imperfect vetting process, sometimes land in problematic hosts. Review: In ‘Travelers,’ Some Serious Time-Sharing 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The show is set in some bureaucratic iteration of the afterlife where very imperfect beings run things, and sparks fly between two unassuming humans. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Miracle Workers’ and ‘Temptation Island’ 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z We would lose much of the imperfect progress we made away from shame and silence about desire. Perspective | This painting might be sexually disturbing. But that’s no reason to take it out of a museum. 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z In other words, Alicia is a closer match to Mrs. Clinton: believably imperfect even when legal plot twists grow convoluted and outré. ‘Madam Secretary’ and ‘The Good Wife,’ TV’s Mighty Women 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Acting is such a personal, imperfect kind of art.” Taking Her Art Seriously, Not Herself 2011-02-14T20:07:15Z And "The Good Place," for all of its greatness and nirvanic creative heights, delivered a thoroughly imperfect goodbye. "The Good Place" comes to a worthy end, where it finds the bittersweet joy of what makes us human 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Yeah, being able to play a deliciously complex, imperfect black professional woman whose life is a bit of a mess, who doesn’t always make the right decisions, who’s real. Gabrielle Union Fights Back Onscreen, and in Life 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z As Campbell saw it, the myths and legends of the world were all imperfect variations on this one, pure story structure. The Hero’s Journey: The idea you never knew had shaped “Star Wars” 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z It’s an imperfect solution to an imperfect rule, but it may help ease the pain of playing catch-up. Work Advice: Can this payment method ease overtime pain? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z It wasn’t about admiring the superhuman diva onstage; it was about how she would be a poised cheerleader for all the grown-up, independent, imperfect Everywomen listening and singing along. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z It's the imperfect match, the failure of unity, that makes us identify with these beings. John Stezaker's best photograph 2012-08-08T17:00:01Z Even with feedback that is imperfect, it’s incomprehensible to me that we so reliably miss the point. The myths of happiness 2013-03-31T21:00:00Z A big part of combatting that staggering amount of largely superficial waste is understanding why certain market segments would pass over or discard imperfect produce that otherwise tastes the same as its conventionally attractive counterparts. Want to know more about how conservatives really think? Look in their grocery carts 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z This shortcut is terribly imperfect, but for those who don’t want to weigh their beans, it’ll suffice. How to brew better coffee at home (and save money) in 5 easy steps 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The imperfect workout you complete is always better than the perfect workout you never start. Why quarantine led some people to better fitness habits, and how they can maintain them 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The article, however imperfect, captures a moment or a point of view. Learn direct: can theatre directing be taught? 2011-01-11T13:42:23Z After all the pageantry, we — the viewers and the lead characters —are left with an imperfect, but pleasant, commentary on loneliness, isolation, and a search for one's self. RuPaul made his sitcom-starring debut with "AJ and the Queen," and we are not amused 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z But the revision remained imperfect, due largely to Harrison’s unwillingness to trim Gordon’s libretto. Julius Caesar, young and gay: A groundbreaking 1971 opera gets revived for a new era 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z She’s surprised, though, to find that Alaska isn’t some pristine and tidy Switzerland—it’s a blue-collar state, imperfect and rough around the edges. This Week in Fiction: Dave Eggers 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z I'm going to be a little secretive about it because I'm superstitious, but I'm working on some number of pages that are very imperfect at the moment. George Saunders: 'It was good to have a painful immersion in capitalism' 2013-05-26T08:00:06Z Sometimes they seem more like maps of the body than any particular, imperfect example of an actual human form. Review | The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But keep in mind that even these tests are imperfect, and may falsely show you are allergic to something. Perspective | Got bloating? Don’t diagnose your own food allergy or sensitivity. Take these steps instead. 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z But this imperfect piece is the most valuable creation of Unbound so far. Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Unbound Festival Plunges Into the New 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z “He kept trying to comment on how imperfect a lot of the leadership was.” Ewan MacColl, Dogmatist of British Folk, Gets a Tribute Album 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z But Hopper, attractively imperfect soul that he is, also is a figure of his time — rather, the films and TV series of his time. "Stranger Things 3" gives us a meaner Hopper, and we're not loving it 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The show's easy, free-flowing dialogue and unforced emotion add up to a poignant portrait of an imperfect family. Parenthood – box set review 2013-01-24T16:40:01Z Though Bechdel herself has said it’s an imperfect measure of how feminist a film is, a surprising number of movies do not succeed in overcoming this low hurdle. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Reportedly Passes the Bechdel Test 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z The show was a product and a catalyst of a zeitgeist in which financially independent and imperfect women had carved out a space for themselves and their casual, raging sex lives. With ‘Four More Shots Please!,’ India Gets Its Own ‘Sex and the City’ 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z In imperfect defense of Buford on this count, when it comes to cooking, he has tunnel vision. In ‘Dirt,’ Bill Buford Goes in Search of French Cuisine’s Secrets 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Evolutionary psychologists would also remind us that the evolutionary process is imperfect. You’re such a jerk 2013-03-10T20:00:00Z A half-century later, all of it — her extraordinary clarity and imperfect femininity, her unstinting account of the struggle to reconcile art and life — still lands. Beyond the Cruel Facts of Her Life Are Truths That Cut Deep 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Dr. Coontz is talking about a new way of packaging the age-old solution of accepting and working through imperfect unions. Marriage Seen Through a Contract Lens 2012-09-28T19:35:40Z But their long fight for the vote, Taub said, can stand in for any of the great social movements in American history, all of which were also messy, fractious, imperfect — and unfinished. Friendship, Betrayal and the Fight: ‘Suffs’ Tells the Suffragist Tale in Song 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z It is discontent and annoyance at the mistakes one has made and the imperfect nature of the work that makes you go on. Irish author Banville loves being Black 2010-04-22T17:46:00Z Shoppers can find products that are near or past their expiration dates along with out-of-season products, overstocked items and imperfect produce, baked goods and meat. Dynamic food pricing may be a solution to climate change, according to a recent study 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Like Wurtzel, Ali had similarly been among the first generation of youth medicated for depression, and had been transfixed by the book's poignant decadence and imperfect hopefulness. I'm still a member of Prozac Nation: Remembering Elizabeth Wurtzel and her life-changing book 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z It shows you’re imperfect, but also big enough to admit fault. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: When the tension is obvious, should parents tell kids why they’re fighting? 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Still, my students continue to fret about speaking too subjectively, of abandoning an omniscient critical voice in favor of something more vulnerable and imperfect. The Music Critic in the Age of the Insta-Release 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z His illusory availability, combined with his exotically imperfect looks and self-deprecating charm, launched a thousand adoring memes. Waiting for Cumberbatch 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z This, at the time, was the answer to the uneasy question of the physically imperfect woman in a balletic context: isolate her from the main action and have her represented by a man. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Cinderella 2010-04-21T16:49:00Z Liselle is an appealing, believably imperfect protagonist, intelligent and perceptive yet apparently unable to extricate herself from a life she no longer really wants. Review | ‘The Days of Afrekete’ is a bitingly funny novel with echoes to ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Elizabeth Bennet is a superb example of a romance heroine: intelligent, articulate, independent and wonderfully imperfect. Perspective | Hillary, please don’t reject romance novels — you are a romance novel heroine 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z But sometimes an imperfect interpretation of a great play can be more informative than a flawless one. Review: In ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten,’ Audra McDonald Is Front and Center 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z “Why do you expect something so perfect from people whom you’ve shown to be imperfect?” In this class, prisoners and Georgetown students grapple with difficult lessons 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z They are imperfect people, just like I am, but at the end of the day, we still come together. "Can we even break bread together?": Enduring the American Dream in a Michigan family restaurant 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The marble is imperfect, not one uniform color throughout the block, and contains traces of pyrite, a sulfide mineral that reacts with metal, which would explain why sparks flew when Michelangelo hammered away. Bringing a Deathly Michelangelo Sculpture Back to Life 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z “What I’m conscious of are these other things that make up my human experience — those imperfect things, those everyday things,” he added. For Asian American Actors, Playing a Hot Mess Is Liberating 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Depending on your taste for it, the imperfect joinery of those modes in “shadow/land” is either a problem or a mark of a handmade and intensely personal art. Review: A Perfect Storm of Weather and Racism in ‘shadow/land’ 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Process — unstable, imperfect — is the true movement of the universe, a vacillation between zenith and nadir rather than a steep line of gradations leading toward eventual perfection. Mark de Silva talks about his novel 'Square Wave,' a paean to process 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Beethoven’s extremes — the consummate Classicism of the First, and the controlled excess of the Ninth — were absorbing but imperfect in this reading. Review: Two Years Later, a Beethoven Cycle Reaches Its Finale 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z They portray a long-married couple whose imperfect but comfortable relationship defies gender norms as well as the worst that cruel fate can throw at it. | 'A Small Fire': A Sense of Touch, a Sense of Life 2011-01-07T03:30:20Z And surely part of the Encores! mission is to serve as a museum of cultural expression, including deeply imperfect examples. Review: A Multiple-Exposure ‘Me and My Girl’ at Encores! 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Even more specifically, to being a real, relatable, imperfect mom. Perspective | Where is William H. Macy in the college admissions scandal? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Best to see "Aloha" as a messy, imperfect movie about messy, imperfect people, a film of moments and fleeting flashes that may not entirely add up but that are delightful on their own. Despite baggage, 'Aloha' has its charms 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Because we are so imperfect, I hope they can see a little bit of themselves through my dad, or Jaclyn and me. "Can we even break bread together?": Enduring the American Dream in a Michigan family restaurant 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z This is actually one of his few imperfect creations. New York Times Critics on What They Want to See 2013-12-31T23:10:26Z For instance, a lot of people showed up to see Tyler the Creator, a complicated rapper working on a bright, chaotic, imperfect aesthetic, and not only in his music. Talent vs. Buzz: the Push-Pull of Coachella 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Supermarkets and other major food retailers could revise their cosmetic standards to accept a wider range of produce, including imperfect fruit and vegetables. The key to mitigating food waste and solving supermarket shortages? Ugly fruits and vegetables 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Best-of lists are both impossible and irresistible, and the longer and broader the span they try to include, the more imperfect and full of holes they’re likely to be. Are these really the best songs of the ’80s?: Picking apart Pitchfork’s fascinating, frustrating list 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Movies have often held up an imperfect mirror to our imperfect democracy. A Movie House Divided 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Salting is a human response to an inhuman threat, an imperfect assurance of safety. Review: In ‘Evanston Salt Costs Climbing,’ Co-Workers Weather the Storm 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z It's unlikely you'll be converted to either position in this engaging theatrical discourse, now in its Seattle premiere in an imperfect airing at Taproot Theatre. It's atheist vs. believer in Taproot's 'Freud's Last Case' 2012-03-29T20:02:04Z The robot rebellion is, inevitably, an imperfect metaphor for the quest for human equality; robots are, after all, the creations of humans, and destined to remain that way. How “Westworld” Failed the Western 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The teachers of “Abbott Elementary” are as imperfect as you are, and this is important. ‘Abbott Elementary’ Is Gifted and Talented 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z In his testimony, he is leaning on the same formula so often used in fiction, where there must be a perfect good guy and a very imperfect villain. With the Depp-Heard trial, courtroom television's exploitative tricks reached new misogynist heights 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s an imperfect canon that provokes more questions than it provides answers. Contemplating a Canon of Jewish American Films 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z An imperfect vegan — “I do my best,” she said — Ms. van Seenus has also refused to model fur, which was once perceived as a limitation. Moving Through the Lens 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z With a girl at the center, being unsure, being awkward, being imperfect and yet still there being a beauty there, a wisdom that’s untapped. Ava DuVernay on Modern Slavery in America 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z The very best bits do both at once, splintering, for example, on Adam's imperfect relationship with the Spanish language. Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner – review 2012-07-12T07:07:54Z The truth about families is that they are imperfect. The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: James Lipton 2012-02-15T19:11:11Z He’s forthright in recognizing that, with their emphasis on efficiency, economists are imperfect players in the political realm. ‘Advice and Dissent’ Review: What They Don’t Teach in Econ 101 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The song is reportedly about her crush on a Clash roadie who also acted and could be seen “Sitting in a corner in imperfect clothes/Trying not to pose for the cameras and the girls.” 12 Forgotten Classics by Women-Led New Wave Bands 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z At the same time, he carried the sorrow and vulnerability of some speccy kid whose NHS glasses announced his weakness to the world: not only was he physically imperfect, he wasn't even rich. Choppers, Muffin the Mule, The Famous Five … icons of the great British childhood 2012-10-07T18:00:00Z “It’s a genre that is imperfect and inherently full of these contradictions.” With a Chinese American Gunslinger, He’s Challenging the Whiteness of Westerns 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Despite missed notes, imperfect pitch and some overused lyrics, Bass largely succeeds. 'Nashville Chrome': Rick Bass' novel of the Browns, Elvis' gospel-singing sidekicks 2010-09-16T17:41:00Z And on the obligatory version of “Mack,” there’s another moment of imperfect perfection that’s almost too good to be true. The Special Place Where Ella Fitzgerald Comes Alive 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z She doesn’t mention the risks that remain, that her choice, while the best for her, is necessarily an imperfect one. Angelina Jolie, meet Nate Silver 2013-05-15T16:59:00Z Television's increasingly liberal immigration policy is a wonderful thing, but many fine shows find the journey to America arduous, assimilation imperfect. Debra Messing's talents misfire in 'The Mysteries of Laura' 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Written language is an imperfect method for the messy, complex business of communication, where facial expressions, gestures and vocal tones transmit oceans of meaning and subtext — for those, at least, who can read them. Tone Is Hard to Grasp Online. Can Tone Indicators Help? 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Humans are messy and imperfect, and children’s behavior is meant to be a bit all over the place. Perspective | How can I stop relatives from spoiling my 6-month-old? 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z But there are likely many others who will look at Garlin's breezy confession and defense, or Whedon's deluded self-portrait of an imperfect, misunderstood man, and find relief in knowing they aren't crazy. Why we should be thanking Joss Whedon and Jeff Garlin for their candor about workplace misconduct 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z And Bad Axe is this very imperfect place. "Can we even break bread together?": Enduring the American Dream in a Michigan family restaurant 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z But we also see why they’re an imperfect match, and how they can miss each other’s cues even as they’re making progress — how they listen to each other except when they don’t. Review: Can This Marriage Be Saved (at the Local Pub)? 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z It was an imperfect accounting system, to say the least.” Inside Marco Rubio’s messy American Express statements 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z "I've always admired a company that allows themselves to be seen in an imperfect light or allows themselves to be poked fun at," he said. ABC's 'Modern Family' takes product placement advertising to a new level 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The play raises timely issues about the overwhelming number of African-American men in prison; the importance of rehabilitation, as opposed to plain punishment; and the imperfect workings of the justice system. Review: In ‘Whorl Inside a Loop,’ Inmates Shape Their Stories 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Rodriguez has always stuck to his own rigorously specific point of view, but over the years it has relaxed just enough to accommodate the realities of increasingly complicated lives, and imperfect bodies. Tom Ford Exhumes the 1990s and It’s Almost Fabulous 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Ms Toumani’s stirring memoir lends hope that reconciliation, imperfect though it may be, can at last be achieved. Seeing through fire 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The album is about giving yourself permission to be chaotic and imperfect. Kate Bush's bewitching "The Dreaming" turns 40 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Maybe Rudd wouldn’t reveal, in that setting, what exactly made him as imperfect as everyone else. Paul Rudd, the One-Man Double Act 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z This imperfect show’s greatest accomplishment may be its ability to elicit compassion for people we might, in real life, never have wanted to spend time with. Theater Review: ‘The Memory Show,’ at the Duke Theater 2013-05-10T17:35:52Z It's about the messiness of it all, and the perfectly imperfect. "I am the biggest kid of all": Soleil Moon Frye on the return of "Punky Brewster" & being a survivor 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z We are going to have to learn how to make room for imperfect victims, and to understand that the key to their stories lies in their imperfections. Corey Feldman: 'The biggest problem in Hollywood is paedophilia' 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z It was a strong start, despite a few inaugural-year hiccups — imperfect sound systems, less-than-comfortable chairs, a schedule that sometimes left little time for a proper lunch break at one of Middleburg’s cozy taverns. The Middleburg Film Festival, a work in progress, is making progress The fiction always comes out so horrifically defective, so hideous a betrayal of all your hopes for it – a cruel and repellent caricature of the perfection of its conception – yes, understand: grotesque because imperfect. David Foster Wallace on 'The Nature of Fun' 2012-11-16T11:00:02Z I admit that I'm an imperfect person and — and didn't monitor that as well. Ron Paul: If I'm leading polls, I'm electable 2012-01-01T22:30:00Z That proved to be too much innovation for 1990 viewers, and “Cop Rock” still registers as an imperfect experiment, at best. How ‘Cop Rock’ Called the Tune That Some Shows Still Dance To 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The added length also allows for imperfect measuring. Curtains 101 2010-03-18T00:06:00Z And I’ll somewhat grudgingly confess that I also watch “Devious Maids,” the charming but imperfect Lifetime show for which Longoria serves as executive producer. Eva Longoria charms in laugh-out-loud ‘Telenovela’ 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The first, which she called reflective nostalgia, centers, she wrote, on “longing and loss, the imperfect process of remembrance.” Svetlana Boym, 56, Scholar of Myth and Memory, Dies 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z I spoke with Doyle about her new book and why feminists need to stand up for a woman’s right to be as imperfect and flawed as our male counterparts. What Hillary and Britney have in common: “There is no way you can actually do ‘being a woman’ correctly in the public eye” 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z This sequel's spoof of its predecessor's riff on the original 1980s-era buddy-cop TV show coalesces into a raucous, raunchy, irreverent, imperfect riot. '22 Jump Street' pokes its R-rated finger at everything — hilariously 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z These experiences pushed me to grow up and see the U.S. for what it is: a flawed and imperfect country. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Do you think it's important for it for characters to be imperfect, even our main character? "House in the Pines" thriller author on the "dark side of nostalgia" with a narrator no one believes 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Their raw, passionate music is imperfect, but in the first-take-is-the-best-take sense. Pierced Arrows: Punk band's not fading away 2011-12-29T21:08:03Z The cameras of “Boomtown” land sometime in the middle of this big oil versus small town face-off, and yet instead of friction, find transactions smoothed by money and imperfect information. | 'Boomtown': A Little Place That Finds Itself Receiving Big Money 2011-01-29T00:03:18Z Instead, action, however imperfect, is offered as the key to both a meaningful life and a community of faith. In the Colorado Desert, a Debut Novelist Finds a Metaphor for Israel and Palestine 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z We spoke to Jeffries recently during a lunch break at her day job about shedding taboos off the imperfect art of making a baby. "Hilariously Infertile": Karen Jeffries on finding the comedy in reproduction 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Then Easter came and went, and while I resumed my imperfect relationship with Twitter, I found I had no interest in returning to Facebook. I deleted Facebook and I still have friends 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The imperfect, broken quality of his voice is something that he quite deliberately retains and regards the suggestion of taking singing lessons with understandable indignation. Robin Gibb: 'I don't sing with my voice, I sing with my heart' ? a classic interview from 1969 2012-05-21T10:39:33Z In a medium that prizes glamor and flash, Philip Seymour Hoffman offered the opposite in film: untidy, imperfect, shy, awkward and eminently real people. 5 great Philip Seymour Hoffman performances 2014-02-03T03:09:46Z The end result is perfect, which is when she begins moving pieces around to make the tree imperfect. This is not your grandma’s Christmas tree. For one thing, she probably couldn’t afford it. 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z But those hazy, obscured views suggest the imperfect ways we see, and the way we remember too. | Trisha Brown Dance Company: Trisha Brown Dance at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2010-04-10T00:31:00Z I realize that long-term partners are imperfect proxies for familiarity with the people getting married. My Stepmother? But She’s 19! 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z As a result, it’s imperfect, but perfectly so—and it’s apt for a movie that’s about emotion prevailing over protocol, love over order. Max Ophüls’s “From Mayerling to Sarajevo” 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z “Robert had a knack for making everything look perfectly imperfect,” Ms. Burch wrote in an email. Robert Kime, Decorator for Nobility and Other Notables, Dies at 76 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Her voice, which had a raspy, jazz-inspired tone that she harnessed to interpret traditional and modern folk songs, sounded perfectly imperfect, filled with Billie Holiday swing, Bessie Smith body and Marlboro Man grit. 'Remembering Mountains' a remarkable tribute to Karen Dalton 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z There are so many pages that a few imperfect folds will never be noticed. Hobbies: The art of paperback art 2010-08-16T20:47:00Z But mostly, like Joachim Trier’s radiant, beloved “The Worst Person in the World,” Cannes 2021 was, for me, a lovely, imperfect romance. Falling Back in Love With Cannes 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z It was a jagged, imperfect apology, but in a way that was better than a glibly concise expression of remorse. Brian Williams, in Raw Form, Delivers an Apology on ‘Today’ 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z As comfortable and supportive as the arrangement was, it was imperfect. Israeli Troupe Has Hearts Wide Open 2013-07-19T18:52:05Z Simon and co-creator George Pelecanos consciously evoke what the place was like by enveloping the imperfect men and women operating on that strip. The dirt on "The Deuce," David Simon's next great HBO drama 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z This is a very imperfect suggestion, but there is almost no help for people like this in conventional medicine. Mystery illnesses are on the rise with women, whom doctors are dismissing as "nervous Nellies" 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “It is this kind of imperfect storm of every level of inequality — in income, education, race, wealth — being brought to bear at once,” she said. Will a Pandemic Shatter the Perception of American Exceptionalism? 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z My life was changing forever and it was all thanks to the generosity of strangers and friends who only knew me through the imperfect lens of the Internet. The Internet bought my vagina 2014-05-05T21:30:00Z He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders. How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Before digital cameras allowed photographers to shoot endless frames, instantly see what had been captured and just as quickly delete an imperfect picture, they were constrained by film. Perspective | Nicki Minaj and a stack of pancakes? These rare images capture another side to hip-hop. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Social media is an imperfect tool for responding to a crime that has been around for thousands of years. 'My own form of justice': rape survivors and the risk of social media 'vigilantism' 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z “Indeed, conservatives prefer familiar products, reject novel products, and favor national brands which presumably represent tradition and stability,” the authors of the 2023 imperfect FaVs study concluded. Want to know more about how conservatives really think? Look in their grocery carts 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z For now, the best, if imperfect, response is for buyers to change their expectations when hunting for a good deal. That $1,000 Bourbon You Bought May Be a Phony 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z The “Ring” I remember was musically imperfect but visually awesome, with moments of stunning grandeur. The Met Opera’s ‘Ring’ Works Best From the Cheap Seats 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z “I’m making things that are imperfect. That’s what makes them perfect.” A Mexican Jewelry Maker Who Channels ’90s Nostalgia 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Of course, small scale studies are imperfect vessels. Baby dolls aren’t birth control: School-issued fake babies aren’t stopping teen pregnancy 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z While imperfect, this production is a must-see for Jane Austen fans. Review | Bravo for reviving the play that scandalized Jane Austen’s world 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z I had been pushed and pulled by the dominant forces of that place, some impalpable and some visible, as it formed and forced me into the imperfect person who eventually became a mother. Mercy and grace: Reclaiming the family home lost to my father's addiction 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z As biography, this “Life” is an imperfect one. In a Bowie Oral History, a Glimpse of How Others Saw the Faker 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z I discovered that it’s possible to rely on the Metro, Los Angeles’s imperfect but quite functional public transportation system, which includes buses, a light rail system and, yes, even a subway. In Los Angeles, Ditching the Car for an Eco-Friendly Trip 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z And yet that version, five years later, looms large enough that many writers in 2013 felt that its ambitious and imperfect pursuit of tragedy overshadowed the popcorn pleasures of Grand Theft Auto V. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: A Golden Era for Criticism 2013-12-26T13:15:38Z No one seems able to mend it, and Threadbear is afraid that Ben won't love him because he's a little bit imperfect. Lucy Coats's top 10 bear picture books 2013-03-21T12:47:16Z “Dusa, Fish, Stash and Vi” has a greater feeling of immediacy than “Children” does, though it’s a similarly imperfect play. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Change in the Air 2013-07-12T16:58:10Z “It was about thinking about how the conditions of life are so radically imperfect,” Mr. Goldberg said. Frame: Neil Goldberg Exhibition at Museum of the City of New York 2012-03-02T00:33:51Z “We’re imperfect people striving to find strength, solidarity and love, under extraordinary circumstances. While it may seem heroic, I believe the desire to live with purpose, despite the circumstances in one’s life, is universal.” In ‘Gleason,’ filmmaker Clay Tweel follows an unintentional hero’s journey 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Should parents soldier on, trying to create those imperfect yet irreplaceable family memories? Room for Debate: Are Family Vacations Worth It? 2012-07-01T21:00:30Z "Alive!," she declares at the end, ruefully embracing "this body of death," imperfect though it is. COT's dazzling 'robot opera' poses provocative new questions 2011-04-03T18:39:00Z He’s imperfect, like every other person, but fundamentally good, kind and patient. "Outlander" recap: The tragic chivalric romance of "The Battle Joined" 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Many TikTok users who aren’t bothered by the varying shapes that cookies can have when baked noted they eat the "imperfect" cookies, no questions asked. Cookie-shaping hack for turning oval cookies into 'perfect round cookies' goes viral 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z In the giddy atmosphere of the sale created by the appearance of these long-forgotten rarities, imperfect condition was no longer the handicap that it usually is. Auctions: Glamorous History Drives Divine Surprise 2011-11-18T12:30:13Z So that’s the best time to shop around for gluts, seconds and imperfect fruits and vegetables at reduced prices. If you put up, don’t shut up. Talk to the farmers who are growing your food. 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z What, I should skip over one of my favorites—a dark, empathic musical comedy about toxic femininity and mental illness—just because the first few episodes of the final season were imperfect? I Love Top Ten Lists 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And that this humanity offers a refuge of freedom, however limited or imperfect, in a world that may offer little of it. A Russian Writer’s Lessons for Being a Nobody While Being Yourself 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z At one point, the perfection of a Tollhouse cookie in the imperfect city brings tears to Tess’s eyes. A Debut Novelist’s Elegy for Post-Katrina New Orleans 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z “Outlander” is meant to be a show about two imperfect people whose relationship is complicated but powerful. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 8: The Secret Revealed 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z The slightly irregularly shaped pieces with their imperfect clear wrapping served to us by their beaming creator were especially tempting. Pursuits: A Salty, Sweet, Buttery Taste of Brittany 2014-01-16T22:27:33Z Gunders wants to see the cosmetically perfect and the “imperfect” pieces sold together. Study finds farm-level food waste is much worse than we thought 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Our experiment remains proudly imperfect – and all the more interesting for that. Not the Booker 2012: vote for the winner 2012-10-05T10:29:52Z This is a book that, imperfect though it is, some of us have waited a long time for. Books of The Times: Inducements to Filthiness and Other Paradoxes 2011-03-22T11:00:00Z He will try to embitter people about things that once offered hope and substitute cynical partisan tribalism for the old, imperfect idealism of one American Dream and destiny. Perspective | Trump wanted a photo op. He delivered the most ominous message of his presidency. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z We can play out multiple scenarios, dream multiple fantasies, write multiple stories in our heads, but in the end we have only one — complicated, imperfect, hard-to-face — reality. The Multiverse Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be in ‘Come With Me’ 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s all been healthy, scratchy and human, imperfect and interesting. Tyshawn Sorey and Marilyn Crispell Improvise at the Stone 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Terrible things are done to bears in this gruesomely gorgeous debut novel about an imperfect hero who redeems himself by taking up the cause of these noble, if terrifying, beasts. Bears and Poets: Endangered Prey in This Week’s Crime Column 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z “He never wanted me to be imperfect in any way.” Grace Jones has been a star for 40 years, and there’s still no one quite like her 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z “Taking far too long to realise that everyone else in the world is also imperfect and winging it – just like me” What is your biggest regret? Here are people's devastatingly honest answers 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Chuck Todd was an imperfect host of “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Chuck Todd Begins as Host of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z So they created their own world, an imperfect pretence of a perfect world. Haute Culture: General Idea - review 2011-03-01T14:00:59Z Their ultimate guilty verdict says imperfect victims are still victims. Perspective | Harvey Weinstein’s conviction allowed victims to have messy stories. That’s revolutionary. 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z For me, it all begins with the hardest work of all, of being so crazily imperfect, and so sensitive and thin-skinned, and looking the way I look instead of like Cate Blanchett, which is disappointing. Anne Lamott: “Look at the Tea Party: Some of the angriest, most hateful people on earth, and they’re backed by what they think is Scripture” 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Ali’s careful display of warmth and imperfect fatherly tenderness challenges stereotypes about black masculinity. And the real winner is… welcome to the Observer’s alternative Oscars 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “Broad City,” meanwhile, embraces the joyous filth of Abbi and Ilana as part of the imperfect realness of the struggle of getting to 30 and the inevitable fumbling that comes with that adventure. What "Broad City" gives us: Celebrating the safe space of Abbi and Ilana before it's gone 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z He retreats to a safer bank — aren’t we all just imperfect human beings? ‘Survival Math’ Opens Some Personal Wounds but Leaves Others Hidden 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z For some fans, the novelty factor and affordability will be a worthwhile tradeoff for an imperfect show created without the explicit consent of its star. 'It's ghost slavery': the troubling world of pop holograms 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z Because, really, people, part of how we are going to thrive in this imperfect moment is through élan, esprit du corps, fierce hope, and generous hearts. Hey, left wing: Quit griping! 2012-09-27T14:00:00Z I've let it be messy and imperfect and known it would be all along. Miranda July faces "The Future" 2011-07-27T00:30:00Z His attorneys are asking for a lesser sentence than what the guidelines call for, alleging “imperfect entrapment, sentencing manipulation, and outrageous government conduct.” ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic set for resentencing in Oklahoma 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z "Some saints," she explains, "begin their lives imperfect and then turn into something special. Sister Tee says we are the sum of our imperfections. We sin and then we learn from our sins." Jami Attenberg novel pays tribute to big-hearted 'Saint Mazie' 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “In an ideal world, the task should be left to more dispassionate investigators but, since no other species has volunteered, the job is left to us imperfect humans.” Welcome to the Ruthless, Cutthroat World of Paleoanthropology 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z But it’s a shame, because Halt ended up being a revealing, if imperfect, story about creation, ambition and the costs of pursuing dreams. The Thing That Gets Us to the Thing: Why Halt and Catch Fire Mattered 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z The way the new lines meet the urban fabric also suggests an imperfect sort of progress, a step in the direction of a more enlightened approach. Why the Expo Line to Santa Monica marks unprecedented progress in the history of American cities 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Perhaps she’s more accurately a post-Frank Ocean poster child, a symbol of just how far rap, and our culture at large, has come — and how imperfect that progress has been. Hip-hop’s sexual coming-of-age 2012-08-02T14:35:00Z The test, while imperfect, does a decent job of predicting a student’s grades in college, he notes. Books of The Times: Application Adventure: A Dad?s College Essay 2011-03-03T16:59:43Z Identity politics lies at the heart of a perfect world for Spencer, whereas it constitutes a mere tool for social justice leftists to fight injustice in our highly imperfect world configuration. Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The paradox of all these shows is that, because we have nowhere else to place our collective faith, only the anti-hero can contest or uproot the imperfect structures of the universe. “Breaking Bad’s” hell on earth 2012-07-15T14:30:00Z It is work of noble worth, even when it is imperfect, as all things are. Heard the one about the corrupt, lying politician? 2011-08-25T21:30:03Z I stippled the paint on sparingly with a brush to give it an imperfect, aged effect. ‘When we can, we’d love to throw a party to show it off’: designers on their lockdown DIY 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z And then get on with your imperfect life. Review | It’s okay to be mediocre. In fact, it may even be beneficial. 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The imperfect prints made from them remind us of how fragile our access to the past is, and of how much of daily human life gets lost to history. The Democratic Vision of a Lost and Found Early-Twentieth-Century Portrait Photographer 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z They might even do a little to nudge hospitals in the United States away from the midcentury model of sealed buildings that rely on imperfect mechanical systems costing a king’s ransom and gobbling up energy. In Haiti, Battling Disease With Open-Air Clinics 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z The “Perfect Xs” are decidedly imperfect, at least as examples of penmanship. In the galleries: Few hard edges in sight 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z But the book stresses that Chesnutt was an extremely complex person: He was imperfect, but he was also a musical genius and darkly funny, a frustrating person but still someone worth cherishing and knowing. “No one can live with this much pain and anger, it’s gonna kill me”: Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh on Vic Chesnutt’s suicide, PTSD and why songwriters are “pretty broken” 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z She and her mother were both clever, heads-held-high victims of those laughably imperfect men. Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, a Mother-Daughter Act for the Ages 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The denizens of “Gilmore Girls” were all deliberately and sometimes flagrantly imperfect, but at heart they were decent, smart people who sometimes made bad decisions. The genius of “Gilmore Girls”: When your writing is this good, you can always go home again — even to Stars Hollow 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The system is imperfect, but then, so is democracy. In ‘By the People,’ Designing for the Underserved and Overlooked 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z But what Harmon and co understand is that approach speaks to a kind of depressing, existential truth: most imperfect people can’t change. In the golden age of TV the existential-animation is king 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z I honestly find this perplexing because part of what makes Girls seem fresh and somewhat dangerous is its depiction of imperfect female bodies. Girls season two review: surprises and disappointments 2013-03-18T15:24:16Z And, in this imperfect world, who will win? Grammy predictions: 4 writers, 4 categories, 4 opinions 2013-02-08T00:31:32Z To place this in some admittedly imperfect context, ABC News anchor David Muir’s first post-inauguration prime time interview with Trump attracted 7.5 million viewers. ABC's "30 Hours" Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history's long view, it will count 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z And its medium may have been the most fitting one for a series that was, beginning to end, about compromising in an imperfect world. ‘The Good Wife’: A Broadcast Gem Fades Away 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z BMI is a ratio of weight to height that, though imperfect, offers a quick and easy assessment of weight status. Perspective | Want to live a longer life? Research says you should do these five things. 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The Rameau fragment returns in the piano, but as an imperfect recollection. Review: Nico Muhly’s Moody Concerto for Two Pianos 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “It’s a brand that aims to provide value to leftover, imperfect and ugly food.” Catalan project matches funny-shaped vegetable rejects with people in need 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z William B. Hafford, the project manager for Ur digitization at the Penn Museum, said Mr. Woolley kept somewhat imperfect records as the pieces were dispersed to institutions. Digital Troves, Providing Insights and Reuniting Antiquities 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z “Gloria,” though its music is about worship, is more about the psychopathology of religion, concentrating on the human rather than the divine, the imperfect rather than the ideal. Dance Review: Some Death, Some Struggle, Some Strain, Yet So Much Still Is Joyful 2011-07-29T21:45:30Z The Washington law is just another example of how complex, imperfect and understandably desperate the fight against child sex trafficking can be. Backpage sues Washington state 2012-06-05T11:00:00Z "Apostle" is a ride-along through unanswerable questions about 12 imperfect men who set out in the first century to spread the word of Jesus Christ. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z It aims to add luster to a troubled, incomplete or imperfect production that divided critics and viewers, and show what might have been "if only" the director had more time, money, freedom, etc. When should a director stop messing with a movie? 2010-08-17T00:20:00Z It’s imperfect, yes, but necessary, too: a way of reckoning with the past so as to allow yourself a future. Review: The Young and Ever Restless Tennessee Williams 2010-04-20T12:41:00Z He imagined the show’s diverse girl group — one poor and white, one rich and black, one of mixed race — as an imperfect yet inspiring portrait of racial unity and healing. With ‘Star,’ Lee Daniels Tries to Expand an Empire 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z “I could just be me. Do what I love. Be imperfect. Be mad, even,” she writes in the book. Sinead O’Connor Remembers Things Differently 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z In her acceptance speech, Raskin described the characters as “sixteen imperfect ethnics.” “The Westing Game,” a Tribute to Labor That Became a Dark Comedy of American Capitalism 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Ken Price left Los Angeles to attend tea ceremonies across Japan; the imperfect, wabi-sabi aesthetic of that ritual’s vessels found its way into his gently off-kilter ceramic cups and wobbly, nonfunctional sculpture “Pink Egg.” New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Her father, George Tyler Moore, a clerk, and her mother, the former Margery Hackett, were both alcoholics and, Ms. Moore often said, imperfect parents. Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Provide more context and more help interpreting the numbers, which are always an imperfect measure. Perspective | Trump won, and Northam crushed Gillespie. Why believe polls ever again? 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z “This world, as imperfect as it may be, is beautiful at its core and our collective open minds/hearts are what make anything possible.” A racist slur, a groundbreaking coming out and country music’s future hanging in the balance 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z But our brains respond to something that is imperfect, raw, dangerous. Vintage Trouble aims for the imperfections 2013-03-07T21:42:00Z American leadership, like American life, is imperfect, unfair, and often oppressive. Trump’s Locker Room Is His Safe Space 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Clark’s appealingly imperfect hero, Kevin Moore, is less of a mess than Saul Goodman but just as unlucky. Review | Looking for a summer thriller? Here are 9 picks for your beach bag. 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z My solution to this, so far, is a technical and utterly imperfect one, but it helps a bit. The essential must-read guide on how to read all those must-reads 2013-02-01T15:24:43Z It wouldn't be long before I would realize just how imperfect the world could be. A Thanksgiving Snapshot: Readers Share Their Holiday Stories 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The analogy to food is imperfect, but somewhat apt. Big Questions, Smart Women, Mann?s Movies 2011-04-22T13:31:51Z "That's just faulty logic postulated on imperfect data collection," she replied, looking as though she'd just located the "on" switch on a sex aid. Luther, Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Jamie Does? Venice 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z But none of these options fix the problem, and sadly, our memories are imperfect when it comes to the harm we do. Social Q’s: The Venting Process 2014-05-08T22:13:35Z Initially, your kids may flop around, act bored and whine about their imperfect lives. Ask Amy: Dad worries about his kids’ media habits But if you hear the demon that Faulkner heard, if the above passage fills you with urgency about your own craft, however imperfect it may yet be, then you and I are brothers in arms. Keith Gessen, Nathaniel Rich: I’m sorry I trashed your novels 2013-03-04T01:00:00Z Their friend and officiant, Sarah Draplin, began the ceremony by saying, “Welcome, everyone. Thank you for joining us on this perfectly imperfect day, overlooking Sean and Christopher’s most favorite place in the world.” In Harmony for 14 Years 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Floyd was the master of the early format – a genius at making compelling, imperfect television. Food TV: a crop of lemons 2013-01-23T10:45:00Z My advice to you now is to stay on this elegantly imperfect path. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You’d be cutting off your nose (a.k.a. an old friend) to save face 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z “I think it’s a really noble struggle,” he said, “imperfect people trying to get through every day of their lives.” Film: Ben Stiller: There?s Something About Mortification 2010-03-12T04:24:00Z In the imperfect meantime, Moss and her co-stars have made a feminist show, and a great one at that. Yes, “The Handmaid’s Tale” Is Feminist 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s an imperfect system; I talked with Spike Lee about it last fall, and he’s not getting financing from these new sources. How Critics Have Failed Female Filmmakers 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Ambition will always be complicated for women, and not just because of external impediments: it is an imperfect drive, enacted in imperfect circumstances, that inevitably leads to imperfect things. The Infantilizing Ways We Talk About Women’s Ambition 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z And when deployed as a cudgel rather than a scalpel, public shaming is woefully imperfect as a means of justice and transparency. Perspective | Scott Rudin’s bad behavior was just another Hollywood cliche until a new generation said time’s up 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z So the term is certainly imperfect, but it's also valuable. Global warning: the rise of 'cli-fi' 2013-05-31T07:00:04Z She desires happiness ... and perfect sisters to replace the imperfect ones whom she either killed or was betrayed by. 'Once Upon a Time': A Snow Queen triumphant and Anna's fate revealed 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z While it's an imperfect metaphor, anything "Squid Game" is speaking Netflix's language these days. Netflix execs and "Squid Game" VIPs are playing from the same out-of-touch handbook 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Savory baking is this imperfect intersection of the two, where I can still enjoy some of the rules of baking and some of the science behind it. From cheesy brie bites to gooey jalapeño poppers, "Savory Baking" has a place at your holiday table 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Humans have an imperfect but visceral sense of when the social order has broken down, when the old rules are suspended and only a fool would play by them. Perspective | The world is going to $#!+, but our language shouldn’t 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z So while drugs can offer relief, many of the mentally ill and their caregivers are still, like Sternburg's family, making choices with imperfect knowledge and living with the consequences. The miracle cure that wasn't: 'White Matter' on the personal tragedy of lobotomy 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Frank’s pictures were spontaneous and imperfect—usually grainy and overexposed, often crooked—yet consistently devastating to behold. Wanting to See Like Robert Frank 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Twitter’s move is an imperfect one — and far from universally heralded. Perspective | Twitter’s refusal of political ads won’t end viral lies. But it beats Facebook’s profit-focused shrug. 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z But if a social feed is an imperfect chronicle of one’s moments, then is deleting them as tragic as deleting other personal histories? Should I delete all my old tweets? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z And it’s left to us, drawn through this rare, intellectual novel, to wrestle with Oz’s reflections on the viability of idealism in an imperfect world. In the novel ‘Judas,’ Amos Oz wrestles with Jewish attitudes toward Jesus 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z But it was a return to live music, in all of its imperfect glory, and we’ll definitely take that. Review: Nancy Wilson plays her first live show in two years with Seattle Symphony 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Cancellation of imperfect or merely old work is not a healthy part of a vigorous art form. After a Long, Starring Run, Will Racism at Last Get the Hook? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z As he once said: “We are perfect together. We are perfectly imperfect.” Don Draper, Eleven, Selina Meyer lead AP roles of the decade 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z "Service interruptions happen -- the world is an imperfect place," Beck said. Time Warner Cable Internet outage fuels opposition to merger 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Her compositions are rudimentary: roughly drawn lines, irregular shapes, imperfect patterns. A debut that eschews bells and whistles for diiscovery 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Every awards season is imperfect in some way — sometimes in multiple ways. Women Made Them. Viewers and Critics Liked Them. No One Nominated Them. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Unlike the meme in which a pristine pickle or onion is revealed to be a cake, these versions are intentionally imperfect, with their crinkly — sometimes crude — piped icing and psychedelic color palettes. Pandemic Baking Just Got Weirder 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Or, being morally imperfect ourselves, we sort of hope they don’t get caught — at least not yet. Review | Jo Nesbo’s ‘The Kingdom’ is a suspenseful bundle of Norwegian noir that’s almost impossible to put down 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z “They work on creating the perfect wave, but what we wanted to create was very nasty, wide and imperfect, so it was something completely different for them,” he said. Creating the Tsunami Scene in ‘The Impossible’ 2012-12-09T01:33:01Z But, as Rumsfeld writes, he's "never much of a handwringer, I don't spend a lot of time in recriminations, looking back or second-guessing decisions made in real time with imperfect information by myself or others." Books: Donald Rumsfeld on being the smartest guy in the room 2011-02-08T08:01:00Z Just as my writing, clumsy and imperfect, is part of it. Reading Myself Aloud 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z “It feels very loving and it’s certainly helpful,” Lythcott-Haims says, “but that kid ends up really ill-equipped to navigate life’s imperfect bureaucracies.” Our obsession with safety is harming our kids 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z His sagging lower lip was the result of an imperfect forceps birth that severed a facial nerve; he called himself “a Mister Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place”. Sylvester Stallone: the wacky people's champ who battled his own ego 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It's easy to get lost in Smith's rising stream-of-consciousness, but the real object is hearing, beneath it all, a human compulsion to express boxed in by mutable, imperfect voices. Review: In On the Boards solo show, Charles Smith explores levels of misunderstanding 2011-03-27T20:17:05Z The album is about giving yourself permission to be chaotic and imperfect, to stop suppressing messy thoughts and emotions. Kate Bush's bewitching "The Dreaming" turns 40 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z And keep that glimmer of hope alive, with the knowledge that it was that very imperfect rigidity that saved her life all those years ago. At Sea, and Seeking a Safe Harbor 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Comedy is an imperfect system and sometimes even the best jokes bomb. How SNL Became the Most Successful Comedy Show Ever 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The longing for homeland, however imperfect, is a common enough trait. In the Berkshires, a Powerful Play and a Classic Musical About Prejudice 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z By the end, the ordinary — the imperfect, real human bodies in their astounding variety of shapes, colors and forms — seems like a miracle, and “Delirium” like a gift. Performance Review: In Brooklyn, a Boschscape of Vows, Song and Flesh 2011-05-25T22:49:57Z Suing for damages, she says, “is an imperfect system, but far better than retribution.” The endless siege: The Tehran hostages are still seeking compensation and closure 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z A strategy emerges: “imperfect self-defense,” as Leslie calls it — a “genuine but unreasonable belief that their lives were in danger” after a lifetime of threats and abuse. ‘Law & Order True Crime’ Season 1, Episode 4: There’s the Rub 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z "Barbie's" matriarchy is imperfect, but that is the point: it is capable of evolution, and the movie follows not just Barbie's journey, but the journey of Barbieland as it adapts to new challenges. "Barbie" vs. "Oppenheimer": U.S. foreign policy has a lot to learn from this summer’s blockbusters 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z I had to be willing to display an imperfect product each and every time I stepped on my mat. Hitting my stack: How yoga helped me understand my trans identity 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Wilde sees such hero-worship as a dangerous delusion but also, more crucially, an unfair burden: “It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love,” he writes. Deep Dives Into Justice From Shakespeare, Wilde and Atticus Finch 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Some of his memories reveal a clear, clean image; others are imperfect shards that don’t seem to fit. Review: Philip Glass and the Meaning of Life 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “These two complicated, very, very flawed, imperfect men, but with this real love for each other.” After ‘Rocketman’, Taron Egerton Transforms Again for ‘Black Bird’ 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z An interesting, complex film could be made about a talented woman who decides to make the best of being trapped in an imperfect marriage. Grace of Monaco review: Cannes opens with a royal biopic worse than Diana 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z If there’s a fault line in the restaurant, it’s the attention: one night ebullient and efficient, other nights textbook imperfect. Nazca Mochica review: Proof that Peruvian food means more than seviche 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The world is left with memories and imperfect likenesses of Ohno. An ode to an avant-garde Japanese dance legend, performed with body and soul 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z That community goes well beyond government–it’s friends, neighbors, businesses–but Parks doesn’t hesitate to say that government, however imperfect and ludicrous, is another aspect of community, not an outside force imposed on legitimate community. Knope and Change: The Politics of Parks and Recreation 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z But the TSA is not our parent, it is a government institution founded on fear, and deeply imperfect systems of screening. The perils of flying while brown 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z “I saw his artwork and it’s like that imperfect perfectness. I felt like I got permission from Jacob,” said Yanover, who abandoned realism in her work, “Zephyr.” Seattle-area young people create ‘31st panel’ for SAM’s Jacob Lawrence exhibit 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z “I’m comfortable being my whole imperfect self onstage and in songwriting,” she added. An Indie-Rock Star at 18? Snail Mail Is Figuring It Out 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Neither knowledge nor truth are mystical or absolute; they are rooted in imperfect and limited human experience and are confirmed, if at all, only in the fullness of time. The Bible goes Greek 2012-09-30T12:00:00Z How about a deity that apparently rather likes us—humanly imperfect—as we are? Frank Gehry’s Digital Defiance 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z “I did start to feel like, I have to be the perfectly imperfect bohemian mom, because that was the brand,” she said. What Happens When a Weddings Influencer Gets Divorced? 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Our host, Ian Merwin, ripped a Hudson’s Golden Gem from a nearby limb and, with a worn pocketknife, cut an imperfect wedge. Sips From a Cider Spree in New York State 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z There are parallels, if imperfect ones, to the modern economy; rich economies seem to be stagnating as the very rich struggle to find places to earn good returns on their piles of wealth. The new wave 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z “I love your mullets and mustaches, your perfectly imperfect smile, your cute little butt and even your talon toenails.” Chasing Their Fears and Finding Each Other 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Mendelson's account of imperfect escape is as witty as it is painful. Holiday reading: The best books to pack this summer 2013-06-29T07:00:51Z Or possibly myth; Plato argued the perfect circle only existed as a Form, something that we understand but never see; a circle in the real world is always merely an imperfect interconnection of adjoining dots. The story of O in design 2010-03-16T22:00:00Z He’s a little like Paige — growing up, realizing his parents are complicated and imperfect. Review: ‘The Americans’ History Suddenly Feels Less Retro 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z She’s the screen before the projector warms up, ready to show us whatever woman our imperfect hearts can dream. Review: Early Hollywood in Black and White in ‘Vera Stark’ 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Let's hope he didn't think his marvellous imperfect product had come down too far in the world, consorting with ragamuffins or sink schools, when it appeared in the magazine in 1989. Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism by John Updike – review 2012-05-24T10:00:01Z When everything around us screams cynicism and despair, we hunger for the nourishment of human connection – the messy, imperfect kind, please, but with encouraging levels of joy. The real-life “Modern Love” author whose love life Amazon dramatized speaks out 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z But there is so much good in the second season: strong performances, intelligent dialogue, a strong if imperfect sense of place. The dangers of auteur TV: How “True Detective” went from critical darling to laughingstock 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Hers is the only imperfect body in either show. Art Review: American Style at the Met and the Brooklyn Museum 2010-05-06T22:29:00Z He was a hero, very imperfect, very human and for me this made the character sympathetic. Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing 2012-06-15T21:55:18Z The character of Scout, she added, is an innocent, “and she’s trying to find her own way in this very imperfect time. Everybody wants a piece of her because she’s a piece of them.” The Atticus Finch We Always Knew 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Beneath the facade, however, is an imperfect man. Review | In a nearly perfect concert, Jay-Z embraces his personal imperfections 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z They may look funky and imperfect, with obscure names like Aunt Ruby’s German green and Cherokee purple, but their true tomato flavor is what chefs look for when composing a meal. | A Chef in the Field: Sungold and Heirloom Tomatoes 2013-08-27T17:57:44Z However imperfect, this is the kind of work, both homegrown and imported, which makes Sundance more than just another stop on the festival circuit, and instead an essential one. Critic’s Notebook: Mirror, Mirror: Sundance Hits 30 2014-01-23T22:44:05Z Soon enough, I imagine, sitting and reading in a mall will transform into one more consumer act, and the mall will probably be another imperfect reading environment, like all the rest. Perspective | Where do you read books? I read at the mall. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z While imperfect, chaotic racial conflict rages in real time, but in mainstream pop, music and good intentions are a perfectly well-edited, wonderfully choreographed dance floating above the fray, one where even the flubs are intentional. Critic's Notebook: Taylor Swift's catchy, tone-deaf 'Shake It Off' 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Few American filmmakers create female characters as realistically funny, attractively imperfect and flat-out annoying as does Ms. Holofcener, whose features include “Friends With Money” and “Lovely & Amazing.” | 'Please Give': Catherine Keener in Nicole Holofcener?s Comic Drama 2010-04-29T22:44:00Z The goal is to demonstrate that you are an imperfect human being who is committed to becoming better. Kids Value Success Over Caring Because Parents Do 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But such catharsis is shadowed by the knowledge that this will be Hu’s only film — the ambitious and imperfect testament to a career that ended when the 29-year-old director took his life in 2017. ‘An Elephant Sitting Still’ Review: Bleak, Graceful Realism 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Held up against past work like 1996’s cerebral “Curtain Hits the Cast” and 2001’s bewitching “Things We Lost in the Fire,” “Invisible” is solid, if imperfect. Sub Pop’s Low aims high with ‘The Invisible Way’ 2013-03-18T22:55:08Z In an imperfect world, sometimes the only way to get your power back is to make it so that you wrote the story yourself. Sophie Heawood: why I won’t condemn Chrissie Hynde 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z However fraught the relationship, however competitive or controlling or cold, sometimes even an imperfect father gives his son wings and teaches him to fly. Colm Toibin on the Fathers of Geniuses 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z This imperfect work, which had its world premiere by the Atlanta company at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center here on Friday, is very much Ms. Tharp’s version. Dance Review: Twyla Tharp?s ?The Princess and the Goblin? 2012-02-13T00:28:50Z “Sisters on Track” shows a family working within the imperfect system that controls the financial rewards available to them. Review: ‘Sisters on Track,’ ‘LFG’ and the Price of Star Power 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z And not just looking, but the flawed, imperfect, subjective nature of looking. Perspective | Wayne Thiebaud’s artistic eye was so much keener than pop art confections 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Short of that, mimic natural effects by looking at perfectly imperfect fractals. Need a quick stress-reliever? Try one of these surprising science-based strategies. 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z He makes a convincing argument here for accepting the imperfect A.C.A., because social welfare policies like the Civil Rights Act and New Deal started off imperfect and were built upon. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z And there were references to the bandage dresses of Alaïa and Leger, but exaggerated and imperfect, so flesh and fishnets or an underdress showed through the wrapping. At New York Fashion Week, The Last Looks Are Diverse 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z As it turns out, we could work at something together, and it could be imperfect but beautiful — his, mine, and ours. After 8 years of marriage, I’m teaching my husband how to cook 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Besides, she adds: "I want people to realize that if a very imperfect person did this, maybe they can, too!" Ever the activist, Steinem is in a reflective mode 2011-08-14T22:46:06Z So imperfect, indeed, that L.A. seemingly wouldn’t touch what is one of Glass’ most penetrating late works. An opera about Walt Disney, in commuting distance of Disneyland 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z “These classes awaken our guests’ creativity and teach them how to find beauty in the imperfect, tap into their childlike curiosity and experience mindfulness in a new and unique way,” he added. Beyond the D.J. in the Lobby: How Resorts Cater to the Creative Crowd 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Ms. Sariñana, who belted and screamed through parts of “Mediocre,” sings more calmly and approachably in her English-language songs, allowing herself to sound imperfect. Straddling the Border, Eccentrically 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z The narrator’s alienation is emphasized even by the novel’s attention to foreign phrases, the little gaps that open up between imperfect translations. ‘What Belongs to You’ review: An eloquent tale of desire and remorse 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Both are as imperfect as they are amazing. On the Road, Finding Savings on Your Phone 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The funny stick-figure cartoons that she drew on some of her letters depict an imperfect union between an overwhelmed wife and a lazy bespectacled husband slumped in an armchair. Review | Shirley Jackson’s letters reveal the droll voice of an aggrieved working mother 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z But if Dibnah was larger than life, imperfect and difficult to get on with at times, then this play is a fitting tribute. The Demolition Man ? review 2011-04-11T17:31:38Z "This is the story of a family," Sternburg writes, "who made choices based on imperfect knowledge — of the world, and of themselves — and had to live with their consequences." The miracle cure that wasn't: 'White Matter' on the personal tragedy of lobotomy 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z It doesn’t help that their visual aids, which include projected YouTube and movie clips, are muddied by imperfect technology. ‘Lippy,’ a Chilly Play From Ireland's Dead Centre 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Which is why, after months of showing off one imperfect product, the yoga studio was the first place I debuted another: My name. Hitting my stack: How yoga helped me understand my trans identity 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Our meals have always been, if imperfect, generally assumed to be pleasurable, nourishing and social. I didn't teach my kids how to cook. Did I fail them? 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z But no one knows how much time they’ll get with their perfectly imperfect partner. What I learned about love during my years of reporting on weddings 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Since our current intellectual property regime was conceived in an era when copying was difficult and imperfect, it's not surprising that it seems increasingly out of sync with the networked world. Everything you need to know about the internet 2010-06-19T23:14:00Z A severely self-critical composer, Brahms destroyed many manuscripts he deemed imperfect. Review: At Carnegie Hall, Brahms Piano Quartets, With a New Baby as a Coda 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z For if the mind was a net of imperfect associations, prone to prejudice, superstition, and delusion, then it was hardly dominated by a universally endowed right reason, but rather pedestrian, often wrong, reason. The man who made America: Reason, religion and the brilliant mind of John Locke 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z It said so much more about imperfect parents and the challenges of youth — and did so in only 99 minutes! Readers respond after 'Boyhood' fails to impress critic Kenneth Turan 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z “We don’t want them to make perfect concrete and then try to blend it in with imperfect concrete,” said Mr. Rosicky. The Sydney Opera House Goes Quiet. Finally. 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z In these fraught times, even imperfect light entertainments come along so seldom that we should welcome and celebrate them. ‘The Gentleman’: a Wodehouse wanna-be that (kind of) does 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z What also struck me is that “All in the Family” was about people being able to talk to each other, even when they were imperfect people and the conversation was angry and they didn’t agree. Norman Lear sits down with Salon: “Trump is the middle finger of the American right hand” 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z We can’t help it; we worry away at imperfect character arcs or narrative misfires until the very fabric of the show comes apart in our hands. Big Little Lies: has season two really been a screaming great flop? 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z We are all so terribly imperfect — starting with myself. Praise Poems: Ellen Bass Talks About 'Like a Beggar' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The escalating tensions she traces don't feature heroes and villains; they're the inevitable result of imperfect people struggling to deal with difficult situations. Anne Tyler traces a family line with 'A Spool of Blue Thread' 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z He might simply be an odd duck — someone with a perfectly imperfect face that is impossible to ignore. Waif vs. Adonis: Fashion week sets up a great manliness debate The past was imperfect, yes, but so is the present. Let’s Look Back on 2021, When We Couldn’t Stop Looking Back 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The vocal performances on tracks like “What Is This Voice” and “Don’t Put Me in Red” are deliciously fragile and imperfect, which Rubinos found refreshing after years of striving for perfection. How Xenia Rubinos Freed Herself on a New Album, ‘Una Rosa’ 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z She chides herself, briefly, for being imperfect and becoming lax at times. Twyla Tharp: The possibilities are endless 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Fans of Darnielle’s prolific musical portfolio have a habit of trying to unpack his lyrics, searching for the message in the words he sings in that cracked and imperfect and jarringly honest voice. Mountain Goats founder John Darnielle returns with a second powerful novel 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z In my own work, I try to convey fully realized women characters, and also all kinds of characters who are nevertheless imperfect. Writing a novel about Jews set in 1942—without Hitler: “Once you mention Hitler’s name, his mustache is in the room. The stakes change” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z “Millennial grief” is, of course, an imperfect catch-all term; people have always experienced grief in early adulthood, and it can be devastating regardless of your age and generation. On millennial grief: ‘I didn’t want to be brave. I just wanted my mum back’ 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z “I realized that matchmaking is an imperfect science,” Cooke said after observing Season 1. These matchmakers force couples to stay together for a month. Does it work? 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z However, in markets where the clientele veers more conservative, supermarkets may want to try tapping into a sense of tradition, with a message like: “Most produce was imperfect decades ago!” Want to know more about how conservatives really think? Look in their grocery carts 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Merwin’s work became sparer, rooted in the Hawaiian landscape and his personal past — how it’s often forgotten, how it’s never understood at the moment it’s lived, how words themselves were imperfect bridges to lost time. W.S. Merwin, prize-winning poet of nature, dies at 91 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The movie’s commitment to portraying imperfect characters sometimes seems less charitable toward the women. ‘Are You Here,’ a Comedy Directed by Matthew Weiner 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z A few may have glass tops plucked from the collection in my kitchen drawer, offering an imperfect seal against oxidation. Perspective | What to do with leftover wine? Relax. 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Her work inspired Stewart Udall, interior secretary in the Johnson administration, to push for legal protections that culminated in the landmark 1973 Endangered Species Act, an imperfect but “indispensable bulwark against extinction.” The Long History of Those Who Fought to Save the Animals 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The director has built a reputation for making films that feature strong, complicated, imperfect female characters. Golden Globes Honor ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ ‘Green Book’ 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Behind these perfectly imperfect facades, there is often mold on the cheese, wrinkles in the chinos. Mom and Pop Stores, the Brooklyn Generation 2012-09-26T22:48:37Z Like Reynolds, Chisholm isn't afraid to show Johnson as a weak and imperfect man, and, as she says of Reynolds, her refusal to gloss over his imperfections does him honour. Wits and Wives by Kate Chisholm - review 2012-11-13T16:45:01Z “Like the Pistols, we just had to get up and, however imperfect we were, go for it,” said Sydney Chandler, who plays the American singer Chrissie Hynde. Capturing the Anarchy in the Sex Pistols 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z I do think that this is like the best of a really imperfect, cobbled together system that is doing its best to try to help people like us. Mystery illnesses are on the rise with women, whom doctors are dismissing as "nervous Nellies" 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Memory is a frequent subject of contemporary art, perhaps because its subjective, imperfect nature suits the vogue for fragmented, collaged imagery. In the galleries: Four artists’ views of nature, at McLean Project for the Arts Sewn together from pieces of canvas, batting, tarp and other pliable materials, with acrylic applied in places, they’re big and roughly geometric, purposefully imperfect and allusively abstract. New York Art Galleries: The Virtual Experience 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z These were not philosopher-kings working in some golden age, but imperfect men who still managed to forge a new country out of hard work, compromise and a shared vision of democratic principles. Patriotism on Broadway 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z It is generally agreed to be imperfect because athletes and very fit people with dense muscle can have the same BMI as somebody who is obese. No such thing as 'fat but fit', major study finds 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z It takes a demanding dance teacher’s inspiring class and pivotal question — “Who are you dancing for?” — to free Ada to accept that within her perfectly imperfect body is a goddess waiting to be born. Young Adult Debuts 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z In the past few years, he has become a touchstone for political morality, an imperfect figure in uncertain times. John Dean, Watergate’s golden boy, is back in the spotlight 50 years later 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “In psychiatry, we lack large trials, and meta-analyses are imperfect substitutes.” Review: In ‘Ordinarily Well,’ Peter D. Kramer Goes to the Antidepressant Ramparts 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Little kids, despite highly imperfect feedback and error correction, learn their native languages, basic concepts of space, time, and number, and insight into the minds of others. The myths of happiness 2013-03-31T21:00:00Z The Crumb Roadby Maitreyabandhu He also differs from Hardy in finding that memory, while it haunts us, is necessarily an imperfect faculty. The Crumb Road by Maitreyabandhu – review 2013-07-05T17:30:00Z And they might consider melding collectivist ideas with other, admittedly imperfect, liberal notions like individual autonomy. Is Socialism Coming to America? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z An antidoping specialist reinforces the reality: Competitive sports are governed by imperfect rules and random chance. ‘The Golden Girl’ Review: A Lose-Lose Proposition 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Logistically, however, coordinating four conductors and four orchestras, with limited rehearsal time, in an imperfect acoustical environment, meant any number of compromises. Stockhausen's 'Carré' revives the genius of the '60s 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z The story — his longest, at 180 pages — follows the desperate journey of a bitter and broken Jack Barlow into the imperfect past. Daniel Clowes is looking for a role model in comics (sort of) 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z The opening pages read less like a novel than a set treatment for a play, and they’re oddly resonant after a year spent inside, looking at our domestic spaces from every possible, imperfect angle. Existential whimsy, emotional landscapes, art history from home: What to see at local arts spaces this month 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Woman, says the woman dressed as a man in a bowler hat, is “an imperfect animal.” Review: ‘Vinegar Tom’ and ‘Judith’ Examine Woman as Myth 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Sadly, the restaurant is an imperfect place to sup. Magdalena has the look, but the flavors aren’t worth a second glance 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Keith Richards describes guitar playing as an imperfect communication between two hands, and that concept definitely extends to how his hands steadily strengthened their telepathic connection to Watts’s extremities for nearly 60 years. Perspective | Charlie Watts was a gentleman in the world’s most dangerous band 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z That's why it's often the dancers whose bodies appear imperfect who move us most with their artistry and intelligence. Judith Mackrell on critiquing dancers' appearances 2011-01-12T22:16:00Z My reading, clumsy and imperfect, is part of this story. Reading Myself Aloud 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Detroit’s activist food community stretches well beyond restaurants, and as Harriette Brown knows, the strategies designed to combat inequality within it are often imperfect. In Detroit, a Bet That Healthy Restaurants Can Help the City 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Not that an imperfect place stopped him from getting what he wanted: When he saw Brad Pitt accompanying nominee Jennifer Aniston, he took a lesson from the armed forces themselves and leaped over the barricade. How to get a plum spot on Emmy's red carpet 2010-08-27T05:44:00Z And like all masterpieces “The Birth of a Nation” is impure and imperfect. The New Season DVDs: New DVDs: ?Citizen Kane,? ?Going Places,? ?Birth of a Nation? 2011-09-18T00:13:03Z Maybe the success of her early, imperfect art isn’t so surprising. ’90s folk superstar Jewel is happy — finally. Now she wants to know: Are you? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z One side was a despotic empire that suppressed the most basic human needs and desires; the other was a collection of democracies that, however corrupt and imperfect, sought to enhance human freedom. Perspective | John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Both she and Melville would go on to greater things, and there is undeniable fascination in this early, imperfect commingling of their talents. Review: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘When You Read This Letter’ Is a Vexing Noir 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Pickett has decanted his novel to the stage with an imperfect grasp of how stage plays work. Review: In ‘Sideways: The Experience,’ Bros Run Amok in Wine Country 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Analogies are imperfect — this critic’s mastery of Danish history even more so — but Struensee, who died a few years before the start of the American Revolution, might be compared to Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin. Movie Review: ‘A Royal Affair,’ With Mads Mikkelsen 2012-11-08T22:32:05Z Doty finds beauty in their devotion, imperfect though their voices might be: 6 poems to read on Christmas Day 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z The 32nd century takes us beyond those old edges – past official channels of diplomacy and agreed-upon rules of governance into a future that is very much imperfect. "Star Trek: Discovery" Season 3 boldly goes where canon never dared to imagine life after disaster 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The series has never been afraid to make its leads imperfect. ‘Insecure’ Season 1, Episode 6: A Real One 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The soloist sang an imperfect but emotional rendition of “Amazing Grace” and the audience raised their hands in praise. Perspective | George Floyd was an ordinary man. His memorial was a reminder of that simple, powerful fact. 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Fleming has been in better voice than she was on opening night: there were a couple of moments of imperfect control in her soft, high singing, and an occasional hardening of tone under pressure. Capriccio – review 2013-07-22T17:49:21Z The lore of Ooo is imperfect, and its mythology flies by the seats of the writing-room’s pants, but it provide a geography that feels both timeless and full of endless possibilities. The Weird World of Adventure Time Comes Full Circle 2013-03-29T11:00:44Z The Nobel — imperfect as any human endeavor — shone a light. The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z “Over a period of time, I came to really like him as an imperfect, but sincere, person,” Davis said. Lanny Davis, the ultimate Clinton loyalist, is now Michael Cohen’s lawyer. But don’t call it revenge. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Leaks and anonymous sourcing are imperfect, sometimes troubling, and certainly must be handled with great care. Perspective | Of course Washington is plagued by leaks. That’s a good thing. 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Audience tweets are an imperfect proxy to calculate the number of people who viewed the series. ArtsBeat: ‘House of Cards’ Viewer Numbers, at Least if Twitter Is Any Guide 2014-02-26T16:47:27Z The probe mistakes Kirk for its creator then sets about experimenting on the crew, which it considers to be imperfect units who are infesting the Enterprise. Six to watch: Star Trek episodes 2013-05-09T15:16:48Z But the central character was recognisably James's true, imperfect self. Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z Both lift the handmade and natural and imperfect above the machine-made and synthetic and shiny-new. At Le Turtle, a French New Wave You Can Eat 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “The crazy buildup is part of the fun. With kids, you have to embrace the imperfect,” she said. For this year’s Christmas tree decorations, embrace the unexpected 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z And there is something comforting in watching a family that is extremely imperfect on television. "Flowers in the Attic" writer on "The Origin" ending, whose story needs telling and that swan bed 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z We all share a belief in family, however imperfect families may be. A Thousand Stars' end of the world show 2010-05-10T21:00:00Z There is something still lugubrious and overwrought about “True Detective,” but there’s also a mesmerizing style to it — it’s imperfect, but well made. ‘True Detective’ Season 2: New cast, setting, same grim self-seriousness 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z That seems apposite, since the blurry, imperfect, magical act of creation is part of Mr. Jasperse’s subject in “Truth.” Dance Review: John Jasperse Company Performs at the Joyce 2010-06-18T22:13:00Z It was a kind of Everywoman’s fable: behind the imperfect physical shell, a gem of inner beauty resides. 2010-01-16T04:00:00Z But even Ms. Mettler, though she has staked a personal brand on it, believes that tomboy is “such an imperfect word,” she said. Where Have All the Tomboys Gone? 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z The central message in Love for Imperfect Things is the importance of loving and accepting our imperfect selves, our imperfect world – and imperfect cake – the way a mother loves her child, no matter what. The ‘mega monk’ who wants us to slow down and embrace our imperfections 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z “Over the years, we have tried our best in an imperfect world,” Mr. Kuhn, the parks department director of art and antiquities, said. As the Mayor Promised Millions for New Monuments, Old Ones Crumbled 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z But Anderson emphasized how “To Kill a Mockingbird” sets up the imperfect Atticus. Harper Lee's legacy looms over 'Watchman' celebrations in Monroeville, Ala. 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z As songs, each of these is imperfect, but together they make an improbable argument: Rihanna may be near her vocal peak, at the place in her career where it matters the least. Review: Rihanna, Blissfully Adrift, Juggles Styles on ‘Anti’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Marina Poplavskaya, who took over the role, is a more unsteady and imperfect soprano. Critic’s Notebook: Musical Chairs at the Met 2013-12-06T22:52:05Z It’s an imperfect struggle to be seen and heard. My Relationship Makes Me Feel Excruciatingly Lonely. But I Love Her! 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Behind the play, of course, lurks the shadow of Molière's The Misanthrope: a masterpiece that examines, much more fully, the problems faced by the uncompromising idealist in an imperfect world. Review 2010-07-08T01:12:00Z “Slater doesn’t demonize the imperfect remedies of the past or present — even as she describes their costs with blunt severity.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z And now dental patients are pursuing perfectly imperfect teeth. Skin Deep: When That Smile Is Too Perfect 2010-10-19T23:39:00Z Seems insane, but I came around: Neuwirth’s Nadine, the secretary’s chief of staff, was prickly and imperfect, with an unsavory romantic history, and she was estranged from her adult son. ‘Madam Secretary’ Proved TV Didn’t Have to Be Hip to be Great 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z She was always an imperfect feminist icon, however. ‘The Secret History of Wonder Woman,’ by Jill Lepore 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Others, however, found that Ms. Lee had enriched Atticus’s character by allowing Scout to see her father not as a god, but rather as an imperfect man. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z She wants to reclaim his underappreciated legacy for the current moment, too: “There are lessons yet to be learned from his imperfect, yet sincere, battle for racial justice.” ‘Black Radical’ Remembers a Bold Life and Reclaims It for Our Current Moment 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z It was, to be sure, an imperfect experiment — I chose films in part based on scheduling around my reporting and child care demands. Dispatch: A Correspondent’s Impressions From the Jerusalem Film Festival 2012-07-22T00:55:26Z Think of a pin-striper far past his prime and you’ll have an idea of the imperfect workmanship and unflagging persistence embodied by Mills’ lines. John Mills seems positively giddy 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z And despite the best efforts of Edward Nicholson to prove the contrary, it seems that Christianisation was patchy and imperfect until the early medieval period. Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain, by Charlotte Higgins – review 2013-07-24T10:06:01Z It is a recipe for anyone willing to forgive a slightly imperfect crust in exchange for a delicious vehicle for melted cheese, sauce, and all of the toppings. A yeast-free hack for homemade pizza dough 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z The past was no panacea; each generation we made due with the bodies and foods available, imperfect bodies and imperfect foods. Was ancient man a vegetarian? 2012-08-27T23:23:00Z It’s imperfect and a little naïve, but that makes it look and feel more natural than a ‘perfect’ circle.” Gems to See, Sail and Serve 2010-10-03T15:00:00Z It is cooking with imperfect vegetables that farmers might otherwise plow under. California’s Drought Changes Habits in the Kitchen 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z It's just one of many baffling shortcuts in this colorful but imperfect play. Making love, not war: 'The Dodgers' relives the drama of the Vietnam draft 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z There for Him: “If innocently missing a call means I’m not dependable, then you’re right. My ability to ‘be there’ for anyone will always be imperfect and subject to random obstacles. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He said ‘I don’t’ to her but is now saying ‘I do’ to someone else 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z My philosophy is sort of that humans are weak, frail, imperfect and generally kind of bad, but every day I meet somebody who’s good, and that inspires me. Tim Kaine talks Hillary and the harmonica 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z “It’s about imperfect people trying to be better.” D’Arcy Carden, Who Plays the All-Knowing Non-Human Entity on ‘The Good Place,’ Gets a Tattoo 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z They’re also a sharp reminder of his absence, and how all future attempts to resolve the contradictions in the work, or to fuse fragmentary compositions, will be imperfect at best. The Unique Problem Posed by Prince’s Unreleased Songs 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z They are doing their imperfect best, just as you are. Perspective | Ask Amy: Friend is conflicted over loss and new love 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z But if things are inherently imperfect and there is no way to truly predict everything in a social world, then just saying to add more information and competition won’t necessarily help this. Joseph Stiglitz taught me how to date 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z On one level, this act establishes the play's structure of interweaving lives and its theme of imperfect human connections. Drawing conclusions: the fine line between theatre and art 2011-02-16T17:28:53Z They’re all flawed in their own ways, but as Gaines writes of his imperfect family, “We were just another frayed thread in an infinite tapestry.” ‘Inside My Head I’m a Girl’: Three Ways of Growing Up Gay 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z His sense of humor, but more importantly, his uncanny knack for capturing human nature in all its imperfect glory, captivates me. Lisa Gardner, the Thriller Writer Who Loves Historical Romance 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z At 75, Gerima still refers to his creative trajectory — defined by stories deeply rooted in memory, identity and political consciousness — as “my imperfect cinematic journey.” Haile Gerima and his landmark film ‘Sankofa’ are being rediscovered. Finally. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The system, used at some comedy shows, pop music concerts and other live events, is obviously imperfect — some people have figured out how to open such pouches, while others smuggle in phones despite the rules. After Nude Jesse Williams Video, Theater Turns Camera on Audience 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Real life is sloppy, imperfect and constantly changing. Perspective | Organizing isn’t about perfection. It’s about compromise. 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Brought to life by “Glee” and “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy, it’s very TV high school, in all its imperfect, entertaining glory. “The Politician”: From Olive Garden to green juice, food reveals the show’s true politics 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z While the museum hangs on to some of the old heroic narrative, it also acknowledges the imperfect history surrounding the founding of the nation. The Museum of the American Revolution Receives $50 Million 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z I considered them the symptom of my Manic Pixie Dream Girl being perfectly imperfect. Modern Love: Uh, Honey, That’s Not Your Line 2013-07-26T16:03:16Z Its cramped space is packed thick with pants, shorts and shirts, stacked as if by a schoolchild, in slightly imperfect piles. Critical Shopper : Khakis at Grown & Sewn and at Save Khaki 2010-07-13T23:56:00Z In fact, I hope Biden goes back to being his imperfect self; it's brought him this far. The Joe Biden wokeness paradox: Can black voters support him and also hold him accountable? 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z But it's kind of like pancakes; even the most imperfect versions are great, and you're always immensely pleased to find yourself sipping one. | Presto Chango, Limoncello! 2012-10-08T21:29:51Z The study authors suggest that it could inform the messaging around selling imperfect produce. Want to know more about how conservatives really think? Look in their grocery carts 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z Part of what was so brilliant about “Boyhood” was how it captured the quiet complications of being a person, letting its characters be flawed in all of the familiar ways that humans are imperfect. Patricia Arquette wins the Oscar for “aging gracefully” — oh, and for her performance in “Boyhood” 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s an imperfect measure, true, but still a useful one. Motherlode: Motherlode 101 2011-03-01T16:08:38Z Those words come from his classic lecture on “duende,” the spirit he saw as presiding over Spanish culture — the dark, earthy, imperfect, wild, morbid quality of its greatest art, music and bullfighting. Review: ‘Ainadamar’ Turns Lorca Into Death-Haunted Opera 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z To me, success in life is mostly about creative decision-making — where one is presented with limited or imperfect options in difficult situations, and chooses wisely. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: When the steaks are high, you act on your gut 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z An imperfect storm of youthful inexperience in the executive ranks, collective animus toward that which dares to be different, and risk-averse corporate ownership has all but swallowed up the original idea in Tinseltown. The Death at a Funeral remake should have died an early death 2010-04-16T11:16:00Z Come holiday time, it’s the small, perfectly imperfect gifts we often return to. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Mary Poppins’ and John Cena on ‘S.N.L.’ 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z “Ten Days” is a having-it-all horror story, with a perfect alignment of circumstances to paint Jane as an imperfect mother: divorce, a consuming career, a reliance on drugs to weather all-night writing sessions. When the Heroine Is Less Than Perfect 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The film is nonetheless available in an imperfect but adequate transfer online, and, despite all suggestions to the contrary, it is well worth seeing. Revisiting “Moment by Moment,” Lily Tomlin and John Travolta’s Wrongly Despised 1978 Melodrama 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z If her technique was imperfect in those early years, the cheerful way she got through the test and her clear self-assessment revealed something important: fortitude. When the boss is a ballerina: Julie Kent on balancing Washington Ballet top job and family 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z A similar hope courses through the works of artists invited by the Kunstfest Weimar to share their theatrical responses to our deeply imperfect present. Plays of Helplessness, and Hope, as the Planet Burns 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “He’s a brave kid, and he does what he thinks is best. Sometimes he’s selfish, but we can all be selfish sometimes. I just like how imperfect he is.” Ben Platt, From ‘Pitch Perfect’ to an Anxious Teen on Stage 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z He takes back the knife of consumerism and makes of it something wild and strange, imperfect, terrible, disturbing, unpredictable, mutable, at once lovely and unbearable. This Brand Could Be Your Life: David Shapiro’s “Supremacist” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Tengo gets involved in an agreement to rewrite on the sly an imperfect novel about a community of little people entered by a teenager for a literary prize. Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 due out in English in October 2011-01-31T13:30:54Z Revisiting an imperfect but useful litmus test in light of #MeToo. The Best New Yorker Visual and Interactive Stories of 2018 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z They are imperfect and often predictable, and yet — by the end of it all, we're the ones cheering them on. How the real-life "Cheer" team became fodder for an "SNL" spoof and memes 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Her dependency on our terribly imperfect drugs has ruled out her candidacy for more promising ones. A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’ 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z There are support systems, if imperfect ones, all around David — his mother, teachers, administrators, all doing their best with what they’ve got. ‘David Makes Man’ and the Matters of a Young Black Life 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The western past is doubtless an imperfect guide to the future of the Arab world. Sex and the Citadel by Shereen El Feki – review 2013-03-06T14:00:01Z Here, almost on the other side of it, this is what I’ve learned: Maybe sleep, like everything else about having children, is messy and imperfect, and there are no magic solutions. Perspective | The Boppy recall is a reminder that there are no easy answers to baby sleep 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Though charming, the first half of the book is imperfect, with a comically evil father figure and an unnecessary subplot about a character’s past life as a thief threatening to derail the story. A Multitude of Hauntings 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Photos show her amiably flipping the bird at photographers; a perfectly imperfect star, she's got Hollywood wrapped round her middle finger. Jennifer Lawrence: how Hollywood fell in love with this perfectly imperfect star 2013-02-25T15:01:05Z As imperfect people and in Lizzo's case, an imperfect celebrity, we can easily transform into a perpetrator as easily as we can be a victim. That Lizzo lawsuit reminds us that even our progressive faves can be a disappointing letdown too 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Modern makeup is meant to reflect what’s going on inside; it isn’t about looking hot or as if you’re not wearing any at all — it’s colorful, expressive, imperfect and meant to be seen. A New Look for a New World 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The trouble is that, at present, diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is still an imperfect science. Scientists warn that new drugs will require earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z “God knows there have been other imperfect shows, like ‘On the Town,’ that have been.” Finding ‘Funny Girl.’ Finally. 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Yet as fine as it was, that interpretation also seemed to confirm the conventional perception that for all its raw strength, “Bridge” is an imperfect work, awkward in its aspirations to timeless grandeur. Review: ‘A View From the Bridge’ Bears Witness to the Pain of Fate 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z "But correlation is not causation, and it was a far, far, far from perfect correlation. It was a very imperfect correlation. But beyond chance." Gimme gimme gimme: how to increase your willpower 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z On his best songs, the singing is imperfect, and the instruments weep and sulk. The New Indie Pop: Off-Kilter, Handmade, Whimsical and Emotional 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Not the feet-sweeping stuff of fairy tales, but real, imperfect, exceptional love. Perspective | How Springsteen and soy sauce brought this couple together 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z I've spent two days contemplating the finale, which, like the series, was imperfect. ‘The Night Of’ Finale: In a Lonely Place 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Diversity, imperfect though that concept may be, is marching across the TV schedule slowly but steadily. One show at a time: Keeping TV culturally inclusive is crucial to winning the battles ahead 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s a deeply human book, imperfect by design. A Historian Looks at Pregnancy and Mothering Through the Ages 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z But she also recognises the impact of those immediately around her characters, imperfect people doing their best “within the limits of being themselves”. Zadie Smith’s newest is in many ways her strongest novel 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z He never shies away from his imperfections nor from those who are also openly imperfect. Kirk Franklin makes gospel music feel like a party 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z She spends an insular early childhood with her mother and grandmother in Seaside, Calif. The three of them represent a closed system, imperfect but functioning. Young Women and Their ‘Unfinished Business’ 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But man is frustratingly imperfect and “The Dreamer’s” emotionally arousing proclamation is immediately counteracted by the following track, “Ghetto Dreams.” Music Monday: Common Dreams Big 2011-12-19T17:30:42Z Mr. Segal, whose imperfect nose and Jewish surname made him an unlikely movie star in the 1960s, resisted suggestions that he fix both. George Segal, Veteran of Drama and TV Comedy, Is Dead at 87 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z He has the capacity to shock, but he doesn’t abuse it; even his oddest stories seem believable, and that’s largely due to the care he puts into creating his imperfect, memorable characters. Benjamin Hale treats troubled characters with care in 'The Fat Artist and Other Stories' 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Diagnosis and treatment of mental disturbances is still an imperfect art. A Reckoning With an Imperfect Science in ‘Blue Dreams’ 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Most have found the results, while imperfect and sometimes slightly eerie, impressively convincing. On ‘Irishman,’ teaching De Niro and Pacino to act younger 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “If the book rings true,” Goldberg wrote, “it’s because Aida is such a complex and imperfect figure; she is not whom you’d invent if you wanted to write a social justice parable.” New in Paperback: ‘Running to the Edge’ and ‘The Queen’ 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z She likes its soft, chalky look and says the flat finish is more forgiving to imperfect walls. Ready for the new neutral room color? It’s black. 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Ms. Goldstein doesn’t lose her cool over standardized tests and charter schools, able to see both as earnest but imperfect sutures on the battered corpus of American public education. ‘The Teacher Wars,’ Dana Goldstein’s History of Education 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The traces of the things that were once there linger as imperfect likenesses in white on blue. In the galleries: Tales from the dark side — of Canada 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z “Constellations” is about, among other things, how inevitably fraught and imperfect communication is, even with people closest to you. ‘Constellations,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Opens on Broadway 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Sexual reproduction, which combines DNA from two individuals of a species, is a vastly imperfect process, and nature optimizes for healthy offspring by rejecting most combinations at some point along the path. Moving the dial on what’s possible: When it comes to extremely premature infants, what we can and what we should do are not always the same 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Still, she concedes that she is an imperfect messenger for a story about migrants. Writing About the Border Crisis, Hoping to Break Down Walls 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z There is no line to demarcate an imperfect work from a perfect one. ‘My brain feels like it’s been punched’: the intolerable rise of perfectionism 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, it is important to keep in mind that the guiding principles underlying our public institutions—imperfect though they may be—are based on the assumption that we all share interest in a common good. Only democratic schools will save us 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Ultimately it’s not unlike many of Mr. Strickland’s beloved Italian films, which could be superb exercises in cinematic style and atmosphere while remaining imperfect. Movie Review: An Engineer’s Sonic Ordeals in ‘Berberian Sound Studio’ 2013-06-14T00:57:13Z Memory is not so much the truth as one person's imperfect version of it, sanded down and embellished by time, events, emotion and intent. A taut, gripping inquiry into 'The Affair' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The 20-foot-wide portraits are dotted with imperfect bubbled ridges, like concert posters on an abandoned building. The kid from the ’hood who snapped an iconic Baltimore image 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z What are public health professionals supposed to do in the face of imperfect information? Eat less meat, a government panel says. Is science on their side? 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z For his young gay fans who mob his meet-and-greets, it’s a dream life, and a message, especially to those in imperfect circumstances, that it can and does get better. Troye Sivan Is a New Kind of Pop Star: Here, Queer and Used to It 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Effects teams perform “digital dermabrasion, removing any age spots or imperfects,” firm up skin, reduce areas “like earlobes and noses that grow larger with age,” and more. Like auto-tuning for your face: This is why those “shocking” paparazzi photos of celebs aging go viral 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “In an imperfect world, an imperfect Balanchine ‘Nutcracker’ is still cause for celebration.” Essential Arts & Culture: A 2017 rewind, lots of 'Nutcracker' and Bach, art and selfie marketing 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “The biggest inspirations to me were those imperfect ’70s heroines,” Ms. Hahn said. Being Bad With Kathryn Hahn 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Memories of these incidents add another dimension of reality to the ensemble’s unaffected performances, establishing everybody onstage as infallible, imperfect and human. ‘The Nosebleed’ Review: Reconciling the Ghosts in the Attic 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Its sagging and dented bars of yellow, blue and beige, punctuated with hints of red, form an imperfect grid, a kinder, gentler, more fallible take on hard-edge abstraction. The delight of 'Birdy Croissant' and Anna Fasshauer's other magical, metal creations 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Online review sites, of course, are imperfect and open to manipulation. Should doctors withhold bad news? 2012-06-07T15:20:00Z It helps to see our heroes at their worst because if they too were imperfect, these titans of our world literatures, then maybe we’re not so bad ourselves. When Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson went from friends to enemies: 'The Feud' 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But the books, which focus on a family named Melrose, are now widely admired for their forensic and comic variation on the theme of trauma and imperfect recovery. Ian Parker: The Real Life of Edward St. Aubyn 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z A line of imperfect telepathic communication runs between twin brothers. Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The perfectly imperfect voice—a little toothsome, able to betray its host’s frailty and, by extension, her humanity—is a kind of high-water mark in pop these days. The Singularity of Adele’s Soul 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Forget the imperfect subjunctive: I would much rather be able to understand these gags about horrible racists. 'Can Tony Soprano make me a better parent?': the lessons we've learned from lockdown TV 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z At a time when the internet is awash in high-fidelity livestreams, On Site Opera’s production offers a brittle, imperfect, yet utterly personalized musical experience. Opera Over the Phone Offers Passion in a Pandemic 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z In the end, I embraced my imperfect body, accepting both its miraculous ability to bear babies, and its heartbreaking ability to transmit pain. Motherlode Blog: A Mother With Brittle Bone Disease Chooses to Accept That Risk for Her Children 2012-07-20T14:05:20Z Family films, even imperfect ones like "The Witches," that introduce topics that could cause anxiety — death being the most obvious — offer an essential opportunity to give fear a name and and address it. The dark ending of the "The Witches" remake is actually the one that we need right now 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z He was, rather, a decent if imperfect banker who, as Enrich says, internalized his employer’s problems. ‘What the Hell Are We Doing Lending Money to a Guy Like This?’ 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z We nibble on the imperfect ones while we carefully pack the rest in bags and parchment-lined tins to be handed off a few at a time as we make the rounds to friends and family. The pesky mushroom cookies I bake for Betsy, my late mother-in-law 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z There are slow spots in this two-and-a-half-hour play, some attributable to the script’s age, some to imperfect pacing. Theater Review: ‘The Henrietta,’ a Comedy Set in 1887, Resonates Today 2013-06-18T17:56:55Z But taken together, they are a gauge — imperfect and impressionistic — of what draws people to museums and what they see when they get there. What Do You See in Art? Nearly 50 People Told Us 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “Donatella” could have been a solid body image anthem, one that announces in the pop radio format that it’s okay to be imperfect in your body, in your clothes, and with your money. Lady Gaga’s New ARTPOP Doesn’t Always Live Up to Title 2013-11-11T17:12:01Z Fortunately, as far as that acting is concerned, it’s strong work, featuring a trio of veterans whose focused, fully fleshed performances keep us riveted throughout this imperfect but often engrossing evening. Fatherhood is tested in 'Foreclosure' at Greenway Court 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Obviously this is imperfect, as we get help and support from people other than our spouses, but at least it’s a clue. Single or married? Why it matters what a gay couple says on health forms when same-sex marriage is banned in their state. Added Leto: “It’s important to me to really put a life on screen, even if it’s imperfect.” Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway recreate WeWork rise and fall 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z To regard “Unknown Soldier” primarily as a sentimental work, however, is a disservice to the complexity of this imperfect musical and, above all, to Friedman as a songwriter. Review: Lies of Love and Memory Swirl Through ‘Unknown Soldier’ 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Her hair is pulled back into an imperfect ponytail and her eyes are brushed with dark shadow. Perspective | Dior was part of the patriarchy. Then she changed everything. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z There are stimulating observations on the nature and role of prophesy, on truth, on the imperfect nature of God, and on the notable absence in the Hebrew Bible of esoteric knowledge. The Bible goes Greek 2012-09-30T12:00:00Z “I don’t believe that science is perfect, and I don’t believe anything else is perfect, because humans are imperfect. And that’s cool. Like, genuinely, it’s beautiful.” Written in the Stars? More Like Written by A.I. 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z "It may not be the thing we have hoped but this is an imperfect system. We try to find the best possible justice and I think we got that today." "I Just Killed My Dad": A closer look at the true story behind the Netflix father-son murder series 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z It’s an imperfect rule of thumb that musicals lift up and dramas drill down. Review: In ‘Stereophonic,’ the Rock Revolution Will Be Recorded 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Being imperfect is part of its heritage of supporting the new. The ICA must be saved | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-17T10:58:00Z While imperfect, the lottery is generally considered an improvement in terms of equitable access. National Park Booking App Leaves Users Feeling Lost in the Woods 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Dividing these kids into two lanes, the sinners and the righteous, implies that those who led imperfect lives weren’t victims of other forces. Review: ‘Another Day in the Death of America,’ on Guns Killing Children 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z More people are impatient to cut to the chase, and they’re increasingly willing to take the imperfect but immediately available product over a more thoughtfully analyzed, carefully created one. Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context 2010-03-17T23:19:00Z Pop purists lament the ascent of Auto-Tune for buffing the corners of our most perfectly imperfect medium, the human voice. Perspective | Why vinyl makes a perfectly imperfect format for discovering classical music 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The Louisiana-born Ford said she reminds her politically “middle-ish” family back home that the joke is frequently on the show’s imperfect characters. ‘Murphy Brown’ is ‘back to make some noise’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z As in the film, the time machine is imperfect and Cole often arrives on the timeline too early or too late. '12 Monkeys' evolves into clever, fast-paced thriller 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Brand’s an imperfect messenger, to be sure, and just last week he spouted some 9/11 truther nonsense. EXCLUSIVE: Russell Brand unloads on Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, sad Obama fans and more 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z He said it “doesn’t mean it’s cancelled” but kids “should be taught to see it as an imperfect document with imperfect authors”. John Oliver: US schools must avoid 'impulse to downplay the horrors of slavery' 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The purity of her vision has sometimes made her an imperfect singer of her own song. Alice Waters Retraces the Path That Led Her to Chez Panisse 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z It’s still imperfect, but the jukebox is a huge achievement. The Unfinished Work of Alan Lomax’s Global Jukebox 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z And I think it’s important that when you admire a show’s intentions, or its attempts to create something new, that you acknowledge this, no matter how imperfect the execution. Ben Brantley on Shutting the Stage Door Behind Him 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Ms. O’Connor said, “Musicians were sent to earth to help people, so we have to be imperfect, or how will they identify with us?” Music: Sinead O?Connor?s ?How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?? 2012-02-10T12:58:00Z The imperfect Starlings pass this test at least. A Lakeside Family Vacation Goes Awry in This Debut Novel 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Otherwise that brave, imperfect future, of which we don't yet know the contours, won't take shape at all. Digital-only imprints in the ebook era: inclusive or exploitative? 2013-06-21T15:10:51Z He wanted to write a balanced account of the physics community’s quest to prove string theory — and thus to resolve the messy, imperfect Standard Model of subatomic particles into one elegant theory of everything. Michio Kaku Says the Universe Is Simpler Than We Think 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The acoustically imperfect rehearsal space is next to the unheated loading dock. Seattle Opera has big plans for its new headquarters at Seattle Center 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Like all pursuits of objectivity, Carby’s attempts to sublimate her individual interests are imperfect. An Intimate History of the British Empire 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z In a New York Times article prior to publication, the author conceded she is an imperfect messenger for a story about migrants. Inside the cancellation of "American Dirt" (and its book tour) 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z As we cobble together an admittedly imperfect starting point predicated on the available information and many educated guesses, we also clarify what solid data we need to improve our predictions. I have developed disease models. Here's why COVID-19 projections can seem inconsistent 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z Many great HBO dramas, going back to “The Sopranos,” have worked by making you share the perspective of imperfect protagonists. ‘The Last of Us’ Finale: First-Person Shooter 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z It could stop relying on the LSAT, which, Thomas insisted and the Law School admitted, is an “imperfect” diagnostic tool. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z I want this book to also exist as a snapshot of this period in time, where there are people who are different, who are imperfect, who are weird, who are hardworking, who are just people. ‘I Came From Nothing’: An Undocumented Writer Defies the Odds 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z That oversight extends to this day — though it's an imperfect regime. In food safety regulations, a surprising paucity of research 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z The data is imperfect, based on self-reporting, and does not always differentiate between very different groups who live below the poverty line. 5 reasons drug testing welfare recipients is profoundly stupid 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Her pitch is happily imprecise and her lyrics are in charmingly imperfect English; somehow, she can rhyme “go” with “you.” The Playlist: Eminem’s Surprise ‘Venom,’ and 10 More New Songs 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z A rangy, imperfect beauty — her eyes were set ever so slightly off-kilter — she spent the better part of a decade as one of the movies’ most vivid character actresses. Karen Black, Versatile Character Actress, Dies at 74 2013-08-09T00:10:51Z While she tends to her aging father, ill and frail, she accompanies an amateur bird-watcher for a year, simply for the pleasure of parsing out his love for the “imperfect and struggling.” Photos, Gardens, Birds, Trees: What’s Happening in the Great Outdoors 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Again, this is a messy and imperfect dance. A 10-year-old’s complaints about school are creating morning misery 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Kahn was among the theater artists who on Wednesday said they saw the obvious — albeit imperfect — connection to Antony’s behavior. The Drama of Ted Cruz: A Little Bit of Shakespeare in That Speech? 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Overexplaining its rise is as foolish as pretending that it can be easily defeated. The threat it makes to an order that, however imperfect, is worth sustaining and defending reminds us of that order’s fragility. Why Trump Is Different—and Must Be Repelled 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Yes, I am being imperfect in my feminism, as most of us are. Just like a woman: I’m a feminist and I love Bob Dylan—even though I know I shouldn’t 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Their bodies and faces are rendered with an imperfect sketchy quality that makes their eyes vivid and their smiles vibrant. How the ‘Spider-Verse’ Movies Have Changed Animation for the Better 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z When he looked at Michelangelo’s work, he saw something like the imperfect caricature embodied in Bastiano’s copy of it. Review | The bodies of his work: Michelangelo’s muscular mastery is on display at the Met 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Good wine is, by nature, fleeting, mysterious, ever-changing, subject to the imperfect, unpredictable nuances of weather, place and human judgment. Let’s Be Clear: Bad Wines Are Bad Wines, Period 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “You don’t have to be gorgeous and perfect; you can be imperfect and queer and weird and too large. It’s nice.” Bridget Everett Shows Off Her Softer Side. And a Bra. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z It may be because I considered that all my work was imperfect, impure, and I found that fire was purifying. Argentine writer Sabato dies, 99 2011-04-30T17:27:36Z The dinner was a mix and match of perfect laughter and imperfect manners. Work, Work, Work. Love, Love, Love. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z What changed was that #MeToo acknowledged all kinds of stories, even imperfect ones like hers. ‘Someone else’s problem’: Six women learn the confusing, ambiguous reality of confronting an alleged harasser 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z As I read, I see how imperfect the writing is. Reading Myself Aloud 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Instead, it's a feel-good show about an imperfect, but genuinely good person, which is absolutely a source of hope. Comfort TV: 9 comedies to binge as an escape from our nation's madness 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Those against putting Giambologna’s name to the Venus note its lower arm angle, partly obscuring its face, atypical for the artist and suggesting it was an imperfect copy of the marble now at the Getty. Is It a ‘5’ or a ‘6’? The Answer Could Make an Art Fortune 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Our democracy is not some imperfect version of the real thing. The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber – review 2013-03-28T16:10:18Z It’s a little crazy, imperfect and, yes, judgmental. My Ridiculous Dating System Totally Works! 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z As a father, he hopes that accepting his imperfect beard will leave an impression. Thinking About Growing a Beard in 2021? 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z I also accept that I’m a human being, and deeply flawed, and that one of my flaws is my imperfect feminism, which includes my love of Dylan. Just like a woman: I’m a feminist and I love Bob Dylan—even though I know I shouldn’t 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z “The field realizes that these terms are problematic and imperfect.” African Americans are more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s. Why? 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z You might say Wabi-Sabi embodies its name, which refers to a Japanese aesthetic ideal that is sometimes defined as "the beauty of things imperfect." Sushi and sashimi are standouts at Wabi-Sabi Sushi Bar & Restaurant in Columbia City 2010-05-20T20:09:00Z But she called herself “an imperfect candidate for this job” because of her race. Battling to Save James Baldwin’s Home in the South of France 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z "A rock band is an imperfect organization," he continues. Their last “easy” record: The Hold Steady’s “Stay Positive” and what came after 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Daniela keeps reading, stopping occasionally at an imperfect word or an awkward turn of phrase, “Oh, I don’t want that” — her voice replaced by the sound of a pen scratching paper. At 15, Daniela Shia-Sevilla’s writing has already wowed the literary community 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z It’s very difficult to hide the seams; imperfect technology products are always devolving into their component parts, which compromises their aesthetic unity. Was Steve Jobs an Artist? 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z “Killing Eve” is an unusual show about two powerful — and deeply imperfect — women. ‘Killing Eve’: The Showrunner and Stars on the Love Story Behind the Sleeper Hit 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z As seen here, Mr. Ferrer’s work bespeaks an artist working from a complex, imperfect, driven self — a self that is a cultural sponge, an opportunistic sieve and a tightly wound synthesizer all in one. Art Review: Rafael Ferrer at El Museo del Barrio 2010-06-10T21:56:00Z Intentional or not, the movie’s Dollar Store makeup design, hammy zoom-ins and imperfect effects root the horror in the real world to extra nightmarish effect. Summer Chills: A Horror Fan’s Guide to What to Watch Right Now 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Similarly, like an imperfect play on the court, the plot travels quite a bit before making its shot. ‘King James’ Review: We’ll Always Have LeBron 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z This imperfect, ad hoc system did not guarantee universal access, but it functioned on the realist premise that abortions were a fact of life. How choice won 2012-09-22T17:45:00Z When imperfect fruit and vegetables don't make it to supermarket shelves, it can be due to cosmetic standards. The key to mitigating food waste and solving supermarket shortages? Ugly fruits and vegetables 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z He added that the banter on Top Gear was an "imperfect science" that would "invariably upset some viewers at some point". Top Gear: Jeremy Clarkson's Elephant Man joke ruled offensive 2012-10-01T14:07:56Z It’s between our real, imperfect selves and those butt kicking, lively-minded young women we are trying so hard to become. The best imaginary boyfriends of all time 2013-06-06T14:43:00Z The fiddle on “The Wind” is frisky and alive, and the organs at the top of the title track are warm and also slightly imperfect, as they should be. Critic’s Notebook: Zac Brown Band Releases ‘Uncaged’ 2012-07-11T22:10:41Z It was a privilege and now it’s an artifact, ink on paper, heavy on your hands, perfectly imperfect, a good guess at a great life. Let’s Take It to the Page 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z Now he’s a time traveler, from a pre-Reagan age when government activism, however imperfect, was considered a force for good. ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ at 50: Those Are Magic Numbers 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “We each came back to Dublin full of stories, buzzing of our trips and truly delighted to see each other again to share the memories: It was the perfect imperfect honeymoon.” Until Honeymoon We Do Part 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z This only happens long after the opening joke has fermented past intoxication to something sour, bitter yet stubbornly delectable, an imperfect yet satisfying dish of panger and worth enduring the burn. "Beef" serves up a sizzling hot, blackly comedic revenge story to feed our ongoing panger 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z I'm a writer, with an imperfect, private body. Got to get this off my chest 2011-02-20T00:05:50Z Despite what seem like the trappings of a Lifetime movie, writer-director Claudia Myers presents us with an unflinching and complex character study of an imperfect woman juggling motherhood and her determination to succeed among men. 'Fort Bliss' a taut character study of female soldier in crisis 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It's still an imperfect, often scary and frustrating process for doctors, researchers and patients. I was the new Nobel Prize winner’s lab rat 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z But I can’t help thinking that the failure of these imperfect but adventurous romps through American history also suggests some discomfort on the part of large audiences with their gleefully subversive attitudes. Theatrical Stumbles of Historic Proportions 2010-12-10T16:02:00Z They tell themselves, “How could this be an imperfect plan? After all, I came up with it, right?” Lt. Joe Kenda of "Homicide Hunter": "I never pulled the trigger because I never had to 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z If Season 6 ended with Don accepting his tragic past, this episode seemed to end with Don accepting his imperfect present, broken marriage and all. 'Mad Men' Watch: Small Steps and Great Leaps 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z That could be seen as having your cake and eating it too, but mostly it adds another ding to an often ridiculous, imperfect, recognizable character. Review: ‘Trainwreck’ Delivers the Full Amy Schumer Experience 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z She raged over Kennicott’s imperfect playing, which contributed to a few years of debilitating stage fright. Review | In ‘Counterpoint,’ a memoirist reflects on love, loss and Bach 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z What I enjoy about Yunior as a character is that he loves imperfect bodies as much as he loves the ideal ones. A cheater’s guide to everything 2012-09-10T19:49:00Z But there’s an underlying tension in the lyrics and in Tweedy’s scratchy, subdued, openly imperfect voice. Wilco Makes an Understated Magnum Opus 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z No doubt the imperfect “When We Rise” earned such space due in part to its pedigree. With “When We Rise,” ABC gives viewers a noble if uneven portrait of the ongoing struggle for LGBT rights 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z "I ordered this book because the idea that imperfect women and imperfect relationships still have value is one I need, desperately." "The View" hosts offended by humorous marriage book: "You don't need to call people funny names" 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Before I've even taken my first steps with him he is examining my legs and commenting on my imperfect gait. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z But observational studies are imperfect, and they can’t control for everything. Perspective | Scary headlines aside, drinking milk probably does not cause breast cancer 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Instead, Guillam holds the stage and our attention in this compelling examination of the quest for an imperfect ideal and the judgment of the generations that follow. John le Carré is back in fine form — with George Smiley — in 'A Legacy of Spies' 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Unusually for Petrenko, this felt like an unfinished interpretation, boldly planned yet imperfect in detail. RLPO/Vasily Petrenko 2010-05-24T21:31:00Z "South ParQ Vaccination Special" begins with relatable absurdity and ends with an imperfect reset of the show's world that rebuilds a wall between it and our society's very real madness. The "South ParQ Vaccination Special" fails to be funny – but maybe that's the point 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z And if Robbie isn't exempt from the grueling and harsh beauty standards and criticisms that plague our beauty and entertainment industry – none of us working class, nonwhite, fat, disabled, gay and imperfect people are too. Why Margot Robbie is being criticized for her "mid" looks, despite embodying perfect Barbie doll 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z It really should be a very sad life for these perfect human beings that are surrounded by imperfect people all the time. Disgraced by Scandal, Mario Batali Is Eyeing His Second Act 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z I thought I was giving them an important piece of their family — an imperfect one, but also a vital connection to the holler where I had grown up. Mercy and grace: Reclaiming the family home lost to my father's addiction 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z These omnipresent numbers have also served as imperfect but widely used ways to quantify revolutions, jokes, screw-ups and presidencies. What if Instagram Got Rid of Likes? 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z That’s the thing about pie — even an imperfect one is still amazing. How to Make the Perfect Flaky Pie Crust 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Refslund challenges readers to honor not just the imperfect but the scraps and the pulp. Lemon White Pizza, Smothered Pork Chops, Pea Guacamole: 10 Takes on What to Cook This Summer 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z The characters’ musings about regrets — life is imperfect, you see — seem superfluous, the byproducts of an overwritten screenplay. Review: Diamonds Are a Mighty Tease in ‘Imperfections,’ a Noir Set in Chicago 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z And Tobias, in imperfect English, roars at everyone for not trying to help him and his mother, who are lost in a strange land. 'War,' Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s New Play 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z We dipped dollops of ganache into our chocolate and rolled them in crushed amaretto cookies, Brazil nuts and powdery meringue, creating imperfect, but tasty, truffles. Brussels: The Chocolate Trail 2011-12-23T17:57:07Z In his final collection, Denis Johnson gives us beautiful, imperfect and wonderfully damaged men. Denis Johnson' posthumous collection 'The Largesse of the Sea Maiden' is a poetic argument against toxic masculinity 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Some of our nation’s most noted memoir writers concede that our memories are tricky, imperfect things. Lena Dunham and the challenges of memoir 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z But at this point, because of imperfect contraceptives and imperfect access, the two are only partially uncoupled; and many babies are the result of active intent on the part of only one partner—or neither. Condoms are so hundred years ago: Why we need more ways for men to control their fertility 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Prize juries are by their nature imperfect, composed of individuals, underlain with biases, acknowledged or otherwise. Patrick Modiano, the Nobel Prize and what (if anything) it means 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Perfectly imperfect, the spheres — and three cuboids made the same way, placed in the lot’s corners — are uneven, blistered, sometimes cracked, the natural results of the process that the artist embraces. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Winnicott insisted that it was a mother’s failure to attend to her children’s every need—particularly as they grew older—that ultimately allowed these children to adapt to an imperfect world. I don’t have to be a perfect dad: The gift I’m giving myself this Father’s Day 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Analog recording is the opposite, imperfect, with a past. In defense of noise: Damon Krukowski’s 'The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World' 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It was only a moment, though, before I reminded myself how much my mother would love to be here to witness the beauty of my imperfect, messy life. The First (and Last) Time She Didn’t Come Home 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Because the patron White reprimanded was using a device for legitimate purposes, it is an imperfect comparison. Patti LuPone Says She Resigned From Stage Actors’ Union 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z One thing I really like with the movie is, it's interested in the ways in which people are contradictory and imperfect and disappointing and beautiful, all at the same time. "Life feels like an uncomfortable comedy": Zach Woods embraces the awkward and new movie "Downhill" 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The aim, Mr. Arbesser said, was to show beauty not only in a finished article, but also in the various imperfect and unfinished states of its creation. In Milan, Taking a Turn in the Spotlight 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z But there is also a long line of romance in the two dozen films directed by Rob Reiner, a recurring theme of imperfect coupling leading to a lasting bond. Rob Reiner talks about making movies for grown-ups Wagner’s sprawling, dramaturgically imperfect work — a multigenerational power struggle among gods, creatures and men — has been interpretive fodder for nearly 150 years. Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’ 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Naipaul is a difficult, imperfect narrator who does not care to be liked, but he is an honest one and doesn't dissemble. The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by VS Naipaul 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z |
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