| 单词 | imperfectly |
| 例句 | Suddenly he began writing in sheer panic, only imperfectly aware of what he was setting down. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The magic of this land only imperfectly captured the magic of the dragons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z So the only light came from pinprick holes in the walls, and from a sketchy rectangle that outlined the imperfectly fitted door. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At these times I feel blurred, as if there are two of me, one superimposed on the other, but imperfectly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When he spoke his mouth worked imperfectly, and when he smiled. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But the background radiation, when examined to finer precision, proves to be imperfectly symmetrical. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mattie’s Ramble Inn looked like all the buildings on its block; it was low, unpainted, imperfectly vertical. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The nature of parties has been imperfectly studied. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, they learn that there is more pleasure in putting their own ideas on screen for a friendly audience, however imperfectly, than in passively consuming big-budget releases. Sweded movies: the end of Hollywood as we know it? 2012-07-05T19:00:03Z Worse, the store is lighted like a dorm room, imperfectly and unevenly, especially in the fitting room, where blacks and navys and dark grays passed for triplets. Critical Shopper: Patron of the New, a Clothes Store in TriBeCa ? Critical Shopper 2011-09-07T20:36:47Z Bacon’s “art no longer seemed an exaggeration. It was the truth, imperfectly concealed by a party.” Review | Francis Bacon was an elusive figure. A new biography presents novel details of his iconoclastic existence. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Like many other parents in the digital age, I have adopted and imperfectly enforced various rules regarding my son’s use of media. The gift of privacy: How Edward Snowden changed the way I parent 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z The handmade morsels are available in just a few earthy colors, but a great variety of imperfectly rectangular shapes. In the galleries: Small universes and a large cosmos at Greater Reston Arts Center 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Slowing down and watching a project grow stitch by stitch — however imperfectly — is the deeply satisfying part. The Art of the Reverse Knit 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Ogle loves Jigglypuff because the balloon character enjoys performing, even imperfectly. Yes, people are still obsessed with Pokémon — and this is their Super Bowl 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z And for parts of the past century, wealthy players were restrained, however imperfectly, by campaign finance laws aimed at keeping the process open and aboveboard. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Whatever speck of animacy danced inside a fly, it was imperfectly drawn from its lowly genesis in muck, or smoldering waste. There Is So Much You Don’t Know About Being a Fly 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z That still-unexplained cataclysm is slowly receding into the past, but Sloane and her fellow Chosen Ones still carry the scars, prominent and imperfectly healed. A Star of Y.A. Literature Returns. This Time, She’s Talking to Adults. 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z At the same time, Ted has been so caught up in his own issues that he doesn't see he's imperfectly prepared Nate for his new bump in status. The many betrayals of "Ted Lasso" 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Alas, the long-range strategic thinking advocated, if imperfectly and weakly, by Mitchell and the Obama administration now seems a vestige of gone era. George Mitchell wrote 'A Path to Peace' about Israel and Palestine. Is there one? 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Adapted from the performer’s memoir, this tender reflection celebrates and mourns with equal conviction, even if its two halves are imperfectly balanced. Critic?s Notebook: Setting Life and Loss to Song, and Seeking a Stamp of Approval 2010-10-08T22:00:00Z And a piece of Yule marble is transformed into a ring so imperfectly supple it looks as if it were formed by hand. Alma Allen's abstract sculptures channel nature's power at Blum & Poe 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z I look forward to remembering them both, however imperfectly. ‘Cineastas’ and ‘O Jardim’ at Under the Radar 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Their music was delightful, imperfectly performed but richly harmonic, deep-voiced and thrumming like a pride of bullfrogs along the empty stone corridor. In Luxembourg, a Long Ride Across a Small Country 2012-09-21T18:37:43Z Things aren’t going to be perfect and my prayer, especially for these events, is “God give me permission to do this imperfectly and allow me to be of service.” Laverne Cox Takes the Mic 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z I have a beautiful, sweet daughter who really is imperfectly perfect. Motherlode: The Hypocrisy of Parenting 2011-04-06T19:46:18Z Ms. Seet said Mr. Friedman subjected her, like other managers, to screaming, profane tirades over minor details like an imperfectly fluffed pillow. Ken Friedman, Power Restaurateur, Is Accused of Sexual Harassment 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z She used imperfectly shaped canvases made by cutting up and sewing pieces together. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z In theory, this was still the same Dooce, expressing taboo thoughts loudly and imperfectly, except now the comments felt off-side – she was a character who had outlived her welcome. Mom, interrupted: Heather Armstrong's journey from mommy blogger to cautionary tale 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z We're nowadays apt to become impatient with the piece, if it's imperfectly handled. Susanna – review 2013-06-13T16:52:40Z “We are imperfectly human and we all have to be accountable for our individual behavior,” Burke continued. #MeToo leaders say Asia Argento abuse claim should not discredit movement 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z One of the most affecting sections in Jones’s biography examines Geisel’s moral evolution, demonstrating how an artist could answer to his conscience independently, if imperfectly, decades before the advent of cancel culture. How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Impatient readers may find the slow processional pace of the book imperfectly stimulating. A Mark Twain Tale, Brought Back From the Dead 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Made up of imperfectly repeated patterns, the music deftly evokes things loosening and falling apart. Review: At Bargemusic, a Surprise Competition With Live Bluegrass 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The poem's slant rhyming emphasises the way the present imperfectly echoes the past, with the four-fold "A" rhyme of each stanza nevertheless insisting on recurrence. Poem of the week: The Overcoat by Peter McDonald 2013-04-15T09:51:10Z Instead, the movie focuses on the community that the bombings intended to tear apart, and how Boston and its surrounding towns came together, imperfectly but with a steely determination, to apprehend the culprits. Review: ‘Patriots Day,’ a Mosaic of Portraits From Marathon Bombing 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Ultimately, that’s what “Seven Seconds,” however imperfectly, is about: who gets a break and who gets broken. Review: ‘Seven Seconds,’ a Grim Account of Whose Lives Matter 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Rose, a professor’s wife and the mother of the title character, never appears sloppily dressed or imperfectly coifed. Marin Hinkle of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Melts Chocolate 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “Our wedding felt imperfectly perfect,” added Mr. Saadat, 31, a lawyer and property manager. How to Livestream Your Wedding 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Talk to bee people, and they say that the factors affecting bees are indeed complicated, enigmatic and imperfectly understood. In a fight between environmentalists and farmers, the bees lose. And that stings. 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Love does this imperfectly, but it’s a fascinating attempt. Director Gaspar Noé on his 3D sex film, Love: ‘All governments like controlling people’s sexuality’ 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z But the real allure of this “imperfectly perfect” style, to borrow Pat McGrath’s words, is that it frees the wearer from the tyrannical perfection of dark lipstick. | The Stained Look Comes to Lipstick 2013-08-16T13:00:25Z They’re under a lot of pressure and doing the best they can, imperfectly and otherwise. Smart Watch: Emmy winner “Mrs. Maisel” is still marvelous in a dazzling season 2 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Its context — the Irish war of independence — won’t be especially familiar to most audiences, but the idea of people fighting and dying for beliefs they may understand only imperfectly isn’t exactly dated. Review: ‘The Shadow of a Gunman’ Is a Comedy That Goes Bang 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z He replied that the word sounds like imperfectly suppressed flatulence. Books of The Times: Marcel Theroux’s Eccentric ‘Strange Bodies’ 2014-02-13T20:41:07Z What were we doing in this three-dimensional cartoon, where the lobby columns were imperfectly aligned building blocks that seemed to have been stacked by giant babies? At Shanghai Disney Resort, Mulan, Mickey and Dumplings 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z So many thrillers concern the gradual unearthing of long-buried mysteries whose facts are known only to a few, or only imperfectly by many. In This Thriller, a Cold Case Turns Hot 26 Years Later 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s those wonky horns that reinforce the idea of the song as a single fated moment in time—an imperfectly perfect object found whole, dug out of the north Alabama dirt. Percy Sledge, Pop Miracle 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Please also trust, though, that it's really just one of the many impossibly complicated things we somehow manage, sometimes blindly and always imperfectly, to teach our kids. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How do they teach their son about family when they’re estranged from their own? 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z He’s believably tender and ferocious as Harry, a man whose ruthlessness is imperfectly hidden by his fatherly mien and weary authority. Watch List: ‘The Straits,’ an Australian Series at Hulu.com 2012-12-14T22:58:41Z But Robert Sampson, a sociologist at Harvard University, argues that, because police departments and neighborhoods are not laboratories, such trials are often imperfectly designed and executed. The Trouble with Crime Statistics 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z This lot is a prime example of his unique style, the body of the vase twisting imperfectly toward a ruffled rim. A George Ohr Vase Is on the Block 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z For my wife, it was the maps; the thin red roads reminding her of our son’s unique circulation, running every which way from his imperfectly formed heart. Road to Recovery 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Only the novelist, he argues, has the capacity for deep empathy for a variety of characters in a mix of contexts, plus a command of the broader story that detectives arrive at only imperfectly. Bad news sells in the 'The Last Kid Left' 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Because cinema must couch its polemics in narrative, characters too must stand in for assertions and their rebuttals, imperfectly conducting a dialogue with themselves. From the streets to the screen: how Hollywood is tackling police brutality 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The specter is just another passenger, imperfectly mirrored in a large window — so close, and yet in a discrete bubble. Review | In the galleries: A satire on images of women and the objects they advertise 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z American culture – and define it along any brow you like – has been integrated, however uneasily and imperfectly, for a lot longer than the nation itself. The unbearable whiteness of the Letterman farewells: Let this truly be the end of a show-business era 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z There’s more to life and certainly more to women, which is something that, however imperfectly, “Maleficent” grapples with. Angelina Jolie Stars in ‘Maleficent,’ From Disney 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z He learned to speak Spanish imperfectly in the cantinas and dives. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z Jazz is also still a young music, with about a century of precedent, imperfectly captured on record and poorly served by written notation. Pop: Jazz and Its Changing Apprenticeship Systems 2012-07-20T17:21:28Z “You came to know, in a way you hadn’t as a kid, that the body you inhabited was vulnerable, imperfectly fortified.” Review | Sex and the teenage boy 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z But the story of these wars and these men, however imperfectly told, remains compelling, disturbing and important. History's 'World Wars' makes for fine Memorial Day viewing 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z It’s there with him on “Experience and Judgment,” his 1974 debut album as a leader, an imperfectly made record that’s nonetheless full of broad-minded Bey compositions touching on love, lust and transcendental philosophy. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Vocals 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z All these monetary and fiscal measures fell into place — awkwardly and imperfectly — over the course of the next two years. Books of The Times: Nouriel Roubini Calls for Reform in ?Crisis Economics? 2010-05-06T21:49:00Z As civilization began, it became apparent that the human race was imperfectly suited for it. Blame it on the baby boomers: Yes, pretty much everything 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z The opening woodwind chords were imperfectly tuned and the string color in the second part was a bit antiseptic. National Festival Orchestra well drilled in penultimate concert 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z I was stuck in Guayaramerín after the Bolivian border officials refused to stamp my brand-new $135 tourist visa, because, they said, the form in my passport was outdated and imperfectly stamped. All Advice Leads to Cochabamba, Bolivia 2010-06-30T03:01:00Z Some of us are perfectly happy—or, rather, imperfectly happy. This Week in Fiction: T. Coraghessan Boyle on the Perils of Genetic Manipulation 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Many of the ones returning to its schedule are produced by Chuck Lorre, the king of imperfectly empathetic comedy that means well. "Last Man Standing" bids farewell, while Tim Allen keeps on truckin' with his right-wing shade 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z It guides us imperfectly, to see where we have arrived. Baudelaire makes a comeback 2013-02-04T19:15:00Z Hirshman added that all social movements progress gradually and imperfectly, with surges in strength and also inevitable setbacks. Abusive men are falling; women are replacing them. But will this ‘reckoning’ spark real change? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z He has said repeatedly that he wants to change the laws that allow the press to publish news — however imperfectly — without fear of punishment. Our First Amendment test is here. We can’t afford to flunk it. 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z University of Pennsylvania law professor Herbert Hovenkamp, called the Dean of American Antitrust Law, posted on the former Twitter, “Nessie sounds like pretty standard behavior in imperfectly competitive markets, and it happens every day.” A prime battle: Amazon faces an antitrust crusader 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z The Victorians were, of course, very imperfectly progressive, but their society was visibly moving in a liberal direction. Why liberalism drives so many people crazy 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Parisi is far more lively when talking about how science imperfectly, but usefully, models reality. Book review: A simple memoir in praise of complex science 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s happening imperfectly, but it’s changing seismically nonetheless. Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker on why festivals matter: They're 'essential to this ecosystem' 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z We actually know empirically that grades and standardized testing only imperfectly predict success in college. A Supreme Court mission: Interview with UC Berkeley School of Law professor Khiara M. Bridges 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Then, about twelve thousand years ago and for reasons that remain imperfectly understood, some modern human populations adopted agriculture. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But law enforcement can be better understood, if imperfectly, through the lens of the inconsistency between the legal and perceived status of farmed animals. Cedar the Goat’s Story Revealed Our Beliefs about Pets and Livestock 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z But more important, the chatbots succeeded in carrying out most of the tasks, even if imperfectly. How ChatGPT and Bard Performed as My Executive Assistants 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z When you love somebody, you take them as imperfectly perfect as they are. Q&A: Actor John Cena makes time for wrestling, Hollywood 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The musical, even at this somewhat wobbly preliminary stage, holds onto the gold of Hinton’s novel, transmuting it imperfectly yet courageously into hypnotic theater. Review: A hypnotic new musical adaptation of 'The Outsiders' stays gold 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z The reason some human populations undertook this important evolution remains imperfectly understood. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z When an error occurs — as a result of stray electrons crossing an imperfectly insulating barrier, say, or a cosmic-ray particle disturbing the circuit — the chip can automatically spot the problem and fix it. Google's Quantum Computer Hits Key Milestone by Reducing Errors 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z We can fix this, imperfectly, if we’re relentlessly empirical and focus on the evidence. Give our children the most important skill: Reading 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z That may be the most far-fetched of fantasies — but maybe, this movie imperfectly but touchingly suggests, those are the only ones worth chasing. Review: ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance,’ a sweetly romantic sequel, doesn’t quite stick the landing 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z You could also imagine this could be a tool to domesticate a previously wild species that we have only imperfectly domesticated or to attempt to control the behavior of other wild species. How Scientists Are Using AI to Talk to Animals 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The political organization across the Indus valley remains imperfectly understood, but it may have consisted of a collection of independent city-states, such as existed in ancient Sumer. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They help us think through and imagine—albeit imperfectly—the workings of the mind and brain. Free Will Is Only an Illusion if You Are, Too 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It would host another world’s fair in 1962 — focused, imperfectly, on the 21st century. Will Seattle ever reclaim its status as a vibrant ‘superstar city’? 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “I remember when we first opened, some people were like, ‘Oh, this room is imperfectly soundproofed, and no one’s here to get you coffee,’” said Kamran. The local music community mourns as yet another pillar, Bedrock.LA, closes its doors 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Because a new pandemic strain of influenza might differ from the 20 targets included in the experimental vaccine, the researchers also tested it against viruses that were imperfectly matched. One Step Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine? 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “At its best, ‘The Crown’ is about flawed people coping imperfectly with cursed privilege,” wrote the Guardian’s reviewer, who didn’t find much else positive to say. King Charles III wants to look ahead. ‘The Crown’ drags him back. 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Or you could argue that he’s finally learned, however imperfectly, to follow his grandfather’s advice, and to speak with an anger that is all the more forceful for being directed at himself. Review: In the wrenching 'Armageddon Time,' a filmmaker powerfully confronts his own privilege 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z As long as states were politically diverse, members of the two major parties acted in good faith, and this model functioned – albeit imperfectly. Good faith of partisan election officials used to be enough to ensure trust in voting. Not anymore 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z There is very little data tracking homelessness in rural areas around the country, and it is the McKinney-Vento liaisons who most often, if sometimes imperfectly, fill the gap. Young and Homeless in Rural America 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The Queen responded in her speech: "We are strong enough and honest enough to learn the lessons of the last 150 years and to admit that the Treaty has been imperfectly observed." How Maori remember the Queen 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The chef likes to think of his restaurant as “imperfectly perfect.” Review | 5 New York City restaurants for lunch, brunch — and dinner with a view 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The perfect, unchanging realm is the one inhabited by God, but creation inhabits the changing realm, which only mirrors forms imperfectly. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Art, perhaps better than anything else, can do that: liberate us, if fleetingly, imperfectly from the manacles that bind us. The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The only way forward for now is to fight to defend a system that worked, imperfectly, for nearly 250 years. Dana Milbank charts the 25-year journey to Jan. 6. He's optimistic — in the long term 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Owens had stumbled upon a price-arbitrage scheme on Amazon’s imperfectly policed online marketplace. Lollipops hustle on Amazon costs family candy business millions 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The title of Adah Rose Gallery’s “A Charm Invests a Face” is from an Emily Dickinson poem that refers to a visage “imperfectly beheld.” Review | In the galleries: Illustrating our broken relationship with Earth 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z He played it perfectly imperfectly, the melody dented by memory here and there, but more tender for it — a terrible recollection working its way out. NSO throws John Williams a birthday bash fit for the big screen 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z A low unemployment rate correlates roughly with high inflation — and high unemployment with low inflation — but imperfectly. Column: Should we raise unemployment to fight inflation? No, we need to protect jobs no matter what 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Both of these tendencies of thought are rooted, in part, in the bias to think that modernism is a rigorous, Western idea imperfectly applied to parts of the world where things like construction seem “messy.” Review | After colonialism, they wanted a new world. Architects built it. 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Well, maybe not any — their execution of steps exhibit grace, precision and energy, and their teachers, though unfailingly patient, are not about to let an imperfectly pointed toe or lethargic arm movement pass uncorrected. And now for some good news: Everybody Dance LA! continues to thrive 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z I can’t say all that much about the nuance of Ross’s screenplay, because a lot of what’s spoken, at least by Wahlberg, is imperfectly intelligible, thanks to a mumbling delivery by the film’s star. Review | ‘Father Stu’ biopic plays like an ad for Mark Wahlberg’s piety 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Change is hard, messy and almost always imperfectly implemented — for every two people it pleases there is at least one who’s ticked off. Academy Museum took heat for its handling of Hollywood's Jewish founders. A fix is coming 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z It’s a bounty of supply, imperfectly timed to appear when virus cases in the United States are on the decline, and mask and vaccine mandates are being reconsidered. Need a COVID test? Here’s one, and take another 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z What I am doing, however imperfectly, is my small part — right here and right now. As Ukraine suffers, we each can do our part 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Traditional podcasting platforms have been slower to moderate the open ecosystem of RSS-based shows, but YouTube — which has quietly become a podcasting powerhouse — has a long history of moderating its platform, if somewhat imperfectly. Virtual podcast events are bringing in six-figure earnings 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Still, in the decades since the Soviet collapse, Russia’s economy struggled forward, slowly and imperfectly, forging important trade and investment ties with the outside world. Russia’s business ties to the West took 30 years to build and one week to shatter 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z She advocates for measures that limit the production of hard-to-recycle plastics and improve collection rates for materials like PET, which can be recycled, albeit imperfectly, with existing technologies. Are microbes the future of recycling? It’s complicated 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z That belief, however imperfectly we might have personified it, rallied much of the world to our cause and inspired ripples of rebellion throughout the Soviet bloc and elsewhere. Opinion | Putin thinks he can win a new Cold War. He may be right. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The first step, which the new museum does occasionally and imperfectly, is to disillusion people and show them the real, messy, historical truth of the business. Perspective | The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures struggles to keep its ego in check — like the ill-fated Newseum before it 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The cell’s repair system would mend the cuts imperfectly, leaving the gene disabled. Science’s 2021 Breakthrough of the Year: AI brings protein structures to all 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Desi, for his part, pours himself into a series built entirely around the star qualities of the woman he loves, however imperfectly. Review: Nicole Kidman has a ball with Lucy in the fitfully effective 'Being the Ricardos' 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z When among other patients, his back is stiff as though, if only he could remain perfectly still, imperfectly human, he might not buckle from quelling his true instincts. Review: George MacKay finds the 'Wolf' inside for fantasy-drama 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z By demonstrating that government actions have made Native Americans more exposed to climate change, the authors argue, the data strengthens the case for trying to make up for that damage, however imperfectly. Forced Relocation Left Native Americans More Exposed to Climate Threats, Data Show 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The best antidote to the new and deficient “Scenes From a Marriage” is the imperfectly brilliant old “Scenes From a Marriage.” HBO's 'Scenes From a Marriage' doesn't work. Bergman's original shows what's missing 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Together, we can move forward with the recognition that each of us is working — however imperfectly — toward a shared common goal. The messy truth about carbon footprints 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z It may be tempting to look at our ability to cooperate—however imperfectly—as evidence that humans have transcended our baser instincts. Evolution of Cooperation, Animals’ Sensory Systems, and Other New Books 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z The best parts of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” manage this — imperfectly, but sometimes thrillingly. Does 'Shang-Chi' pass the 'rep sweats' test? Why the Marvel movie matters 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z The majority of Americans believe in this vision, as the migration patterns show, and are building lives in areas where, however imperfectly, that's how people are living. Census data reveals the real reason why the GOP is ramping up its war on democracy 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z These conspiracy theories are helping the true believers to navigate, however imperfectly, a world where they are no longer the center of the narrative. Vaccine paranoia: Why right-wingers are worried about their "precious bodily fluids" 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Equal opportunity is an aspiration forever imperfectly realized. Opinion | Pursuing ‘equity’ over equality reveals the nation’s moral regression 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z And there are others, with myriad and imperfectly drawn lines distinguishing them. Opinion | There Has Never Been a Better Time to Have a Headache 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z And so, the American story we should celebrate this Fourth of July is one of expanding representation — however slowly, unevenly, and imperfectly. Opinion | Inclusion is patriotism of the highest order 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z In the United States, she taught herself English, which she spoke imperfectly but with relish. ‘We Are Waiting for You’: An Agonizing Vigil for Surfside Families 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Before all that, though, they are simply trying to learn to sustain themselves through their grief, recreating familiar rituals, imperfectly, to comfort themselves through long days. ‘She Died Working for Us’: Sons of Atlanta Victim Struggle to Move Forward 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The upshot is a mishmash of voluntary and mandatory markets with incompatible standards that price carbon imperfectly and inadequately. Opinion | Biden should embrace a carbon tax 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z But that drill ended “imperfectly,” with the torpedo missing its target, said First Adm. Debris From Indonesian Submarine Is Found, Dimming Hopes of Rescue 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z The balance has been struck many different ways, always imperfectly. An ‘insane’ covid lockdown two miles from the Capitol, with no end in sight 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z They want a government that disdains and overrides or controls the will of the people, not one that, however imperfectly, serves it. "Big government" and other lies we live by: How one Orwellian concoction consumed America 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z The escalating use and abuse of the filibuster can be measured, imperfectly but revealingly, by the number of cloture motions filed over the years to shut down filibusters. Opinion | The crisis Biden can’t duck 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Ultimately, what we’re talking about is the free market — of economics and of ideas — at work, however imperfectly. Sen. Josh Hawley cries ‘victim’ 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z While it has been imperfectly implemented, it’s such a cool and contagious idea, that in the 200 years since our founding, nearly half the world’s countries have adopted that idea. In new book, talk show host Thom Hartmann takes on ‘The Hidden History of American Oligarchy’ 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z "That's what we represent to the world, however imperfectly, and what we can still be at our best." Antony Blinken: Who is America's new top diplomat? 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z That’s because the problems he so vividly describes are not just the Senate’s to solve; they belong to the nation that it, however imperfectly, represents. Review | Biden is ‘a Senate guy,’ but it just doesn’t work like it used to 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z It is about struggling, imperfectly and inadequately, to make this country we love a better one. Trump incites terrorists 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z This is an inherently hopeful question, because the word “Reconstruction” speaks to moments in American history when the nation tried — imperfectly and incompletely, but with determination — to overturn hierarchies rooted in race. Opinion | 2021’s call to Reconstruction 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z While it has been imperfectly implemented, it’s such a cool and contagious idea, that in the 200 years since our founding, nearly half the world’s countries have adopted that idea. In new book, talk show host Thom Hartmann takes on ‘The Hidden History of American Oligarchy’ 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z These distinctions tend to be reflected, if imperfectly, in geography. Column: With Biden's election, Democrats expanded their grip on the productive economy 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Hockey culture is imperfectly trying to change and care about anti-blackness in society, while one of their teams mishandles this situation involving a young man. Mitchell Miller: what the NHL bullying uproar shows us about hockey culture 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Let’s stipulate that generational divisions are somewhat arbitrary and artificial, and that they track imperfectly with the age divisions favored by most pollsters. Opinion | Gen X, Right-Wing Bastion? 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z One solution: figuring out how to make some of that DIY impulse benefit others, however imperfectly. Opinion | I Used to Go Out. Now I Go to The Home Depot. 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z They remain individuals, imperfectly aligned even with their own stated agendas. In 'Woke,' a Black cartoonist gets political. But don't expect a sermon 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z People cannot only move robotic arms just by thinking; machines can also, however imperfectly, convey information to the brain about what that arm encounters. Opinion | The Brain Implants That Could Change Humanity 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z They also tend to follow skin contours imperfectly, making them sensitive to the wearer’s motion. New Pen-and-Ink Method Draws Health Sensors Directly on Skin 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z We are still, however, imperfectly trying to extend the rights of life, liberty and happiness to all Americans. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z My simple answer to that complex question is: “At best, imperfectly. At worst, inadequately.” Commentary: I'm teaching on Zoom, and I've got to admit: My students are missing out 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z “Normally, however imperfectly, America would also have mobilized the world,” Kevin Rudd, a former Australian prime minister, wrote in a recent essay. China Is Defensive. The U.S. Is Absent. Can the Rest of the World Fill the Void? 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z How do we fortify our bodies, challenge a historically inequitable health-care system and not shut down Van Jones or anyone daring — even if imperfectly — to highlight our tribe’s need for better health? Perspective | Covid-19 vs. African Americans like me. Our uphill battle to fight coronavirus while grappling with underlying conditions. 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z All viruses evolve over time, accumulating mutations as they replicate imperfectly inside a host’s cells in tremendous numbers and then spread through a population, with some of those mutations persisting through natural selection. The coronavirus isn’t mutating quickly, suggesting a vaccine would offer lasting protection 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The numbers were down, social distancing was being enforced, if imperfectly. Quiet, with some defiance, as Bondi Beach succumbs to coronavirus closure 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z But it gets moderated away very imperfectly, as we know. Facebook’s misinformation problem goes deeper than you think 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z I hope he can rebuild his life - however slowly and imperfectly - like Andy. 'My search for the boy in a child abuse video' 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Comic strips and books, however imperfectly preserved after publication, are mass media. At the Library of Congress, ‘Comic Art’ offers an appealing history of comics 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z I think that Sanders probably phrased his thoughts imperfectly and Warren understood him to be saying that a woman couldn’t beat Trump. There’s only one winner in the Sanders-Warren ‘fight’: Joe Biden | Arwa Mahdawi 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z However imperfectly, the cold war had, for several decades, offered a semblance of order and coherence. Freedom without constraints: how the US squandered its cold war victory 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Presidential impeachments are inevitably fueled by reciprocal political furies, so the Senate’s role, although the process is called a trial, is imperfectly analogous to one. Opinion | Senators now risk indecent exposure of their minds 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z In the more than 200 years since, U.S. higher education has only ever imperfectly achieved Washington’s lofty ideal. Opinion | It’s colleges’ job to train citizens. Higher education isn’t rising to the challenge. 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z All history is imperfectly recorded and thus fallible. The idea of two popes at once intrigued, but how to let each land a punch in their debate? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The true subject of “Good Time” is fraternal love, passionately expressed and imperfectly demonstrated. The Safdie Brothers’ Full-Immersion Filmmaking 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z If, however, the implied imperfectly synchronized dance between the two gases is real, then understanding one’s behavior may help us comprehend the other. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Unexplained Oxygen on Mars 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z But most cells prefer to use an alternative mechanism, in which the DNA template is ignored and the two broken ends of DNA are imperfectly stitched back together — a major limitation for genome editing. CRISPR tool modifies genes precisely by copying RNA into the genome 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Every day, in the persistent mutual fear and suspicion that exists between France and its large, imperfectly integrated Muslim minority, the wound festers. How ISIS Changed France 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z For the most part, Flanagan has pulled that reconciliation off, imperfectly but intelligently. Review: 'The Shining' sequel 'Doctor Sleep' succeeds under the influence of both King and Kubrick 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z “We have for decades had presidents who’ve tried, oftentimes imperfectly, to appeal to our better angels.” ‘Pottymouth’: Trump presides over a coarsening of American politics 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Still imperfectly understood, atmospheric rivers are narrow channels of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere that sometimes form in association with midlatitude cyclones. Deadly typhoon forces Japan to face its vulnerability to increasingly powerful storms 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Our once solid, unpredictable, sensing, spectacularly messy and animal bodies submit – imperfectly, but also intensively – to the abstracting conditions of medicine. Life as a cancer patient: ‘I was corroded, I was mutilated, I was uncertain, I was not OK’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z “The afflictions that dominate American life,” he says, “arise not because meritocracy is imperfectly realized, but rather on account of meritocracy itself.” Is Meritocracy Making Everyone Miserable? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps point to a vision, however imperfectly realized so far, of a country where liberty and justice are part of its promise and its future, a country for which so many sacrificed. Opinion | The Next Debate: Let’s Talk About … 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Instead, he was deeply, imperfectly human, complete with all its attendant messiness. Aziz Ansari’s stand-up show addressed #MeToo – but it left me wanting more | Greta Parry 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z However imperfectly remembered or understood, Thatcher and Thatcherism simultaneously exert a magnetic attraction and provide a litmus test. Would Margaret Thatcher have taken the US side against Huawei? Not necessarily | Tim Bale 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Suffice to say the central takeaway, argued imperfectly but persuasively, is that romance and politics are both games built on a willingness to compromise. Review: Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen make for winning political romance in ‘Long Shot’ 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The seemingly prescient and imperfectly phrased tweet did not mention WikiLeaks. Inside the special counsel’s long hunt to uncover whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Instead, it presents itself as the perfect remedy for imperfectly cooked beans, the ones that cooked unevenly or burst a little too much through their skins, that I had intended to use for something else. How to make thrifty, creative meals with creamy bean puree 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z And again, we pursued that very imperfectly over the years, and I try to be honest about all the ways in which I got things wrong. A Diplomat Compares the Foreign-Policy Establishment with Donald Trump 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The instinctive attraction toward keeping the organic, the serendipitous, and the imperfectly beautiful seems to be at the root of music’s enduring relationship with analog tools and instruments. The music industry is fighting for its analog soul 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z One of these is that surveillance capitalism abandons the organic reciprocities with people that in the past have helped to embed capitalism in society and tether it, however imperfectly, to society’s interests. 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z But the choral form of the novel imperfectly serves that novelistic project. A Début Novel Captures a City on the Boil 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z This division of labor worked imperfectly in practice, even in the early Republic, but there was always clarity about its goals — the rule of law and civilian control of the military. Opinion | Our military was not built for such a partisan nation 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z The line’s shortcomings can be measured most easily, if imperfectly, in the numbers of those skill-position stars in the Rams’ 15-6 loss to Chicago. Rams’ consistent O- line vows to rebound from Chicago woes 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Yet, it remains a lesson learned imperfectly at best, as evidenced by the very fact of a court hearing to turn a baby away from America’s gates. Failing, again and again, to see shared humanity in the ‘other’ 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z But what’s more peculiar is just how imperfectly all this correlates with financial need or even greed. Opinion | Everything Is for Sale Now. Even Us. 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z By championing good — albeit imperfectly and inconsistently — the United States did well. Opinion | Trump’s ‘America First’ means Americans lose 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z I liked the seeming naïveté of it, the way the simple figures had been simplified further, purified or idealized to geometric forms almost, but rendered bluntly, imperfectly. “The Frog King” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Some voters said pages tore apart imperfectly, which left jagged edges, also jamming machines. Long Lines and Jammed Machines Frustrate Voters in New York City 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z At least until Trump entered the Oval Office, the country liked to view itself as a model for others to follow, and, indeed, it did play such a role, however imperfectly. American Democracy Is Malfunctioning in Tragic Fashion 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z They hit the table in rustic, imperfectly perfect, hand-hewn half moons. The new You Kitchen in Alhambra is serving handmade dumplings and pork pancake rolls - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Many say that they do not study race, in any case: The racial categories used by the United States census correlate only imperfectly with the geographic ancestry groupings of interest to evolutionary geneticists. Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed) 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z As far back as 2011, in a speech outlining her vision of the internet, she called on Americans to “defend against the Washington instinct to hyper-regulate all that is new and imperfectly understood.” Marsha Blackburn fought to end net neutrality, but will it matter to voters? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z But the cost of insurance does tell property owners about fire and flood, if imperfectly. What happens when you buy a house in a disaster zone – and no one told you? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z It also demonstrates that no matter how “clever” these systems seem, they possess a brittle intelligence that only understands a slice of the world — and even that, imperfectly. What algorithmic art can teach us about artificial intelligence 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z “We are imperfectly human and we all have to be accountable for our individual behavior.” Do the Asia Argento Allegations Discredit #MeToo? Its Founder Doesn’t Think So 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z These measures are inadequate, and not just because they are enforced imperfectly. Funders must be wary of industry alliances 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z But with the regressive policies of the Other Washington, the task falls imperfectly to states, other countries and enlightened corporations. Starbucks ditches straws, but our plastic addiction is much bigger 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The journalism and literature on the Trump presidency, on America and Russia, on the hopes and grievances of the president’s supporters and resisters, are standing in, however imperfectly, for such hearings today. Books on the Russia scandal focus on the news. What they need is more history. 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Canada also negotiated its way through a constitutional crisis of Quebec nationalism to emerge with the country reasonably, if imperfectly, elucidated by bilingualism from coast to coast, and Quebec reasonably secure within the confederation. Why Justin Trudeau Is Able to Stand Up to Donald Trump 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z But these are passed on only imperfectly to consumers. Central banks should consider offering accounts to everyone 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z “For all of our darker impulses,” he concludes, “for all of our shortcomings . . . the experiment begun so long ago, carried out so imperfectly, is worth the fight.” Review | Stop saying the Trump era is ‘not normal’ or ‘not who we are.’ We’ve been here before. 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In broader society, the ban appears to be working, albeit imperfectly. Eight months on, is Kenya's plastic bag ban working? 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Even when we are moved by the work ourselves, our assumption tends to be that the effects these female texts produce are small, or imperfectly controlled, or, even worse, accidental. The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Almost all the cases of botulism from preserved food – which are extremely rare – have been the result of imperfectly preserved vegetables, such as bottled green beans, peas and mushrooms. Yes, bacon really is killing us 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The Trump administration has so far done little to help secure the mishmash of 10,000 local voting jurisdictions across the nation that mostly run on obsolete and imperfectly secured technology. Govs fear for election security amid Russian cyberattacks 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z To the extent that we imperfectly do this, what we arrive at will be OK. Opinion | The Scariest Catholic in America 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z The reigning U.S. champion Shibutanis entered this week as the favorites but skated imperfectly, missing a few levels on their step sequences that left a crack for the other two teams to steal the title. Adam Rippon becomes oldest U.S. figure-skating Olympic rookie since 1936 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z The current challenges of a disrupted international order may be more akin to those we addressed, imperfectly, in the 1919 Paris peace process and following years. Opinion | Will 2018 be another 1948? 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Ideally in any work they more or less coexist, however imperfectly. The Lies of ‘The Crown’ and ‘The Post’ 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Because the giver inevitably understands the receiver’s preferences imperfectly, recipients usually value gifts by less than their purchase price, generating a substantial “deadweight loss” to the economy. Have yourself a dismal Christmas 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Too much consolidation, however, is only one reason the health-care sector is imperfectly competitive. Perspective | Why CVS-Aetna may be bad for your health 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z There are scruffier models where the cars have been blandly renovated but the antique controls remain, and imperfectly maintained ones that shudder and jerk as the elevator man flips the lever. Riding a Time Capsule to Apartment 8G 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Two beautifully acted family portraits — one set in Sacramento, the other in Romania — about college-bound girls and the parents who love them, however imperfectly. 'Call Me by Your Name,' 'The Florida Project' lead Justin Chang's 12 best films of 2017 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z And the institutional ideal espoused and encouraged and however imperfectly executed at places like The Washington Post is that you survey the battlefield without becoming a combatant. A just defense in war against press 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z So these chefs’ cooking, born of shame, rebellion and reconciliation, is not some wistful ode to an imperfectly remembered or never-known, idealized country. Asian-American Cuisine’s Rise, and Triumph 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z I have, sometimes unwittingly and often imperfectly, served that cause all my adult life. Read John McCain's Speech to Naval Academy Graduates 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Which isn’t to say that a bitter truth can’t be found in the midst of “Suburbicon’s” carnage, which might be all the more stinging for being so imperfectly expressed. Review | George Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’ bristles with rage and bitter humor 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z A great margherita is simple, and it is complex: It is dependent on a few ingredients and techniques, any one of which, if imperfect or imperfectly followed, can dull the quality of a pie. Review | The best margherita pizzas in the D.C. area, ranked 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Football is haltingly, imperfectly and slowly trying to catch up. Perspective | Don’t let Trump turn NFL players’ brains into a political football 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z This could be seen as analogous to the fact that realistic quantum computers only implement ideal quantum circuits imperfectly. Quantum computational supremacy : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z I’m not here to scold … and, again, imperfectly, because you can’t help but engage in that. Stephen Colbert on ideas that ‘could kill us all’ and the moment that changed his life 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Today the typical pattern is that the arriving generation speaks little English, or learns it imperfectly; the first children born in America are bilingual, but English-dominant, and their children hardly speak the heritage language. Immigrants do not need to speak English before they arrive in America 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z It’s part of a broader strategy to discredit and disempower any independent voice trying, however imperfectly, to hold politicians to account. Opinion | The practical reason to be alarmed by Republican cries of ‘fake news’ 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Black is beautiful and ugly, intelligent and unintelligent, law-abiding and law-breaking, industrious and lazy – and it is those imperfections that make black people human, make black people equal to all other imperfectly human groups. What will it take for the US to eradicate racist ideas? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z In many ways, these stories my family inherited mapped imperfectly onto ours. In the Shadow of a Fairy Tale 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z In addition, this tumour shows highly eosinophilic keratin pearls with small, inky dark nuclei that imperfectly mimic the normal keratinization that is found in the epidermis. Integrated genomic and molecular characterization of cervical cancer : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z On a quartz watch, the second hand goose-steps along one tick at a time; on a mechanical watch, it glides imperfectly, but beautifully, around the dial and into the future. Confessions of a Watch Geek 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps the indoor moat is too shallow, or the indoor waterfall imperfectly framed, or the home’s third turret is an unnecessary affectation and must be destroyed. From a factory in Paterson, mansions for the 1 percent 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z At a time when the declaration that “all men are created equal” was still freshly penned—however imperfectly it was applied—fraternity men lauded hierarchy. How American Colleges Became Bastions of Sex, Booze and Fun 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Freedom, justice, and equality are our foundational values, even if they have been imperfectly applied, and they are exactly what have been denied to Palestinians for decades. John Kerry’s “Separate and Unequal” Message on Israel and Palestine 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z In addition, this tumour shows highly eosinophilic keratin pearls with small, inky dark nuclei that imperfectly mimic the normal keratinization that is found in the epidermis. Integrated genomic and molecular characterization of cervical cancer : Nature : Nature Research 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Often she recognizes voices imperfectly, offering up weird deep cuts from her encyclopedias, selecting an obscure concept that resembles your question only in sound. The Bot Politic 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Surely not, as they were trying, however imperfectly, to report the truth. Who’s to blame for fake news? America’s real newsrooms. 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Whether or not you’re in the market for mannequins, drop by the Pucci Gallery by Dec. 13 to experience Moses’ imperfectly perfect world. Rebecca Moses and Ralph Pucci collaborate on mannequins that celebrate diversity 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s checked the media, political, business and entertainment structures of our time — if imperfectly — and while it may still be lightweight by previous standards, it will surely flex some serious muscle as it matures. We’re better equipped to live through Trump than we were Bush 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z I see Baha in his pink polo shirt, tall and handsome, but with a soft belly that somehow reinforces his integrity, makes him imperfectly, perfectly human. ‘We Are Orphans Here’ 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z I am just imperfectly putting together some thoughts and experiences. How to break up with a friend 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z There were some true believers there and some young, lost people who had been imperfectly absorbed into faiths that their former lives demanded of them. Letter of Recommendation: Choir 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z For all the power and the genuine usefulness of data, perhaps we have not yet acknowledged how imperfectly a tidy database maps on to a messy world. Crash: how computers are setting us up for disaster | Tim Harford 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Rather than condemn such curiosity, perhaps it should be recognized for what it is: imperfectly human. Why we should celebrate the Elena Ferrante firestorm 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z And I've tried to live that out however imperfectly every day of my life since. Transcript: The most important exchanges of the vice presidential debate 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z At a much more fragile moment, after 9/11, Americans broadly, if imperfectly, resisted these kinds of fears and thoroughly rejected the dark populist fear-mongering that is Trump’s specialty. 15 years later, Trump plays to darkest 9/11 fears 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z It is ubiquitous but imperfectly understood, sometimes even by the players who use it to perform feats that basement pingpong players can’t even dream of. Only masters of spin win at Olympic-level table tennis 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The Constitution, of course, protects all Americans’ right to speak and think freely, but only against government action, and imperfectly in practice. The Conservative Guild 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z I live in a place where most things are tailored to my needs — imperfectly, for sure, but tailored nonetheless. These beautiful volcanic eruptions will blow your mind 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s the most basic tenet of the faith, however imperfectly practiced by its followers. Christian right voters get in line behind Trump, because conservatism has always been their true religion 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Turning away from the question of Nakamoto’s identity is a way to deny the fact that bitcoin, like all technology, is ultimately, imperfectly, human. We Need to Know Who Satoshi Nakamoto Is 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The other opens only partially, beneath an imperfectly restored eyelid. Missing Money, a Vicious Attack and Slow Healing for a Charity’s Leader 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z However, the nuclear plant, while ideologically perfect, was imperfectly designed. Why the Chernobyl Nuclear Ruins Are a 20th-Century Pompeii I hope he remembers those words rather than the harsh ones, and knows that his father loved him imperfectly but completely. ‘Guilt trips’ and the awesome power and responsibility of being a parent 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z But the novelist notices such people, and can try, however imperfectly, to render them less unknowable. Edna O’Brien’s Charming War Criminal 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The study adjusted well, but, as is inevitable with such observational studies of association, imperfectly, for other dietary and lifestyle factors. Is It Time to Favor Full-Fat Dairy? 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z He noted that not only are there structures across European countries that function imperfectly, but that there are also rivalries between agencies or federal and state authorities within European nations. Twin Girls, 3, Lose Their Mother in Bombing 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z We are all imperfect people living imperfectly, and to deny that we can do no better in any domain is to hold oneself up as perfect. Anti-Romance: Why Breaking Up Is So Hard to Do 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Humans, flawed as they are, produce polls that are imperfectly designed, imperfectly conducted and – because of people like me – imperfectly analyzed. Don't trust the polls: the systemic issues that make voter surveys unreliable 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Philosophes challenged existing authority by holding that religion was but one branch of knowledge, imperfectly understood, and subject to science and the law of nature. We have always been good haters: Our Donald Trump problem goes all the way back to the Founding Fathers 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Its provocation polarized communities but, in the end, a continuity of sorts was found – the moral universe gaped open and was imperfectly refastened. Whipping up a storm: how Robert Mapplethorpe shocked America 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Weather remains imperfectly predictable, and probably always will be—meteorology is the field that gave us chaos theory—but we take for granted just how good prediction has become. Talk About the Weather 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z For those who consider them at all, fungi are often imperfectly associated with damp, dark woodlands. The Barometer Earthstar, a Cosmopolitan Fungus 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The dynamics of it are not easy to teach, and he says himself that he sometimes has taught it imperfectly. Charles Koch: How to change a company and a country 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Still, through all the controversies, Savage finds that the administration successfully pursued reform even if, as he believes, it “was imperfectly applied.” Inside Obama's 'Government of Lawyers' 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Users praised his tenacity in learning a challenging language, and his courage in speaking imperfectly in a second language so publicly. Mark Zuckerberg Courts China With Speech on People and Perseverance 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s plan is smarter but also imperfectly targeted. Democratic candidates are off-target on student debt 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Unlike the Arab regimes that were felled by popular anger and civil war, the Central American governments now under fire are democratic, though imperfectly so. A Central American spring? 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z They kept a small percentage for their efforts and then passed funds on to one of a handful of doleiros — the word translates, imperfectly, as money changers — who shuffled funds in the scheme. Petrobras Oil Scandal Leaves Brazilians Lamenting a Lost Dream 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z I fit imperfectly between two worlds, making it near impossible to latch onto any social graph. This Is What It's Like to Work in Silicon Valley as a Teen 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z In the deeply if imperfectly pluralistic United States, even during moments of high anti-Muslim feeling, a policy like the misguided one in France, which forbids the hijab in public schools, would never get serious consideration. Abercrombie’s Legal Defeat—and Its Cultural Failure 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Most likely, it is a bit of both, with muscle strength being a good marker of “real” ageing—in other words, of generalised biochemical decrepitude—which correlates only imperfectly with someone’s calendar age. Getting a grip 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z This inherent problem was exacerbated by another one, exasperatingly familiar to longtime Clinton watchers: The agreement was imperfectly implemented while Clinton was at State and was quickly discarded once she left. Foreign donations leave Hillary in a cloud 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Then, he said, America’s rivals were trying to destroy and replace the economic order established by the United States and Britain after World War II. Now, emerging powers are emulating it, however imperfectly. At Global Economic Gathering, Concerns That U.S. Is Ceding Its Leadership Role 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z He tried many new ideas and kept those that seemed to work, however imperfectly. FDR: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Made America Into a Superpower 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The very idea that there’s a formal, somewhat compellingly real way for businesses to be held accountable for the accuracy of their claims, however imperfectly, is as incredibly important as it is rare. 3 Things Rob Lowe's DirecTV Spots Teach Us About Advertising 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z From the evidence in the trial, it was clear the task of training the next generation of investors at Kleiner was imperfectly done. At Kleiner Discrimination Trial, a Battle Between Legal Powerhouses 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z A bunch of absolutely standard-sized, perfectly imperfectly shaped women looking beatifically relaxed. A Feminist Answer to Swimsuit Season: Raid Grandma's Closet 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z More importantly, though, he sought to connect – if imperfectly. On the Pre-Campaign Trail, Jeb Bush Seeks to Keep Calm, Carry On 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Step back and consider globalization, steered however imperfectly by trade agreements and other such deals. Free Trade That American Workers Can Live With 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z They also offer the elderly protection, albeit imperfectly, against the lethal ravages of influenza. Onwards and upwards 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Prosecutors argue the blood splatters supported the theory that Calvin Harris hit his wife with a blunt object, imperfectly cleaned up, and buried her somewhere in the woods. New York man faces 3rd murder trial; wife vanished in 2001 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z At best, she enjoys only a species of freedom, a defective freedom that imperfectly resembles the real thing. Marissa Alexander’s out of jail, but not yet free 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But what if he hadn’t followed that drill, or followed it imperfectly, or a few seconds later than he did. New York Times’ lesson in race: Black children, white liberals & the limits of respectability politics 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Worth noting is the emerging role of April’s physician Dr. Susan Hamburg portrayed by Merrin Dungey. With imperfectly combed hair, the doctor looks at her patient in the eyes, speaks clearly and admits uncertainty. 'Chasing Life,' My Favorite Soap Opera About A Young Journalist With Leukemia 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Bosch’s booth sign disclosed its recognition of that fact, however imperfectly. Bosch Pioneers Privacy Transparency 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z The retrial seemed to show that the wheels of Guatemalan justice would continue to turn—however slowly and imperfectly. Justice confused 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Many critics poked holes in the imperfectly stitched cosmic fabric of Christopher Nolan’s space epic, but I found the time-traveling epic - science fiction built on science fact - grandly moving. The AP’s top 10 movies of the year 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Many critics poked holes in the imperfectly stitched cosmic fabric of Christopher Nolan's space epic, but I found the time-traveling epic — science fiction build on science fact — grandly moving. The AP's top 10 movies of the year 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The sole glimmer of hope at the moment might be the sharp decline in oil prices, which translates imperfectly into increased consumer spending power. Eurozone Economy Expanding Slightly Despite Weakness in Germany and France 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The highway imperfectly bisects the 26-square-mile suburb into a leafier, wealthier North Arlington and a less affluent, more diverse South Arlington. In Arlington, unsettling questions about divisions between the haves and have-nots This was the backdrop of Christie’s imperfectly timed “trade mission” to Mexico in early September. Chris Christie Is Back 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z And many men “get it” only imperfectly, but are open to course correction. Must We Vilify Satya Nadella? 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z One of the problems with making the sale of kidneys illegal is that the market is bound to work imperfectly. Should You Be Able To Sell Your Kidney? 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Although the Alpine cantons started to bind together in medieval days, they developed a single market only in the 19th century—starting, like the EU, with goods and spreading imperfectly to services. Hail Helvetia 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Blurry lines imperfectly demarcate each branch’s zones of authority. The GOP should ditch the hue and cry of a ‘lawless’ Mr. Obama Yet the court also accepted that market prices reflect information imperfectly at best, as Mr. Shiller and others have argued. Are Markets Efficient? Even the Supreme Court Is Weighing In 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Paddlefish season coincides imperfectly with the time of year their business booms, as workers return to North Dakota after the winter months passed. World-class caviar coming from North Dakota 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Such extensive moral squalor may bewilder those who expected India to conform, however gradually and imperfectly, to a western ideal of liberal democracy and capitalism. The new face of India 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z They and we didn’t realize that sometimes just joining the fray, taking chances, imperfectly or not, was as critical to winning the corner office as ability and hard work. Dear (Female) Grads: You’ve Learned How to Be Perfect. Now Change. 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z And looking closer at the phone itself, the top has been glued on and imperfectly finished. An iPhone for £75? That really is too good to be true 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z And cities are providing, however imperfectly, many more opportunities to climb the social ladder than our increasingly impoverished suburbs. Op-Ed Contributor: America’s Urban Future 2014-04-16T23:45:33Z Does the community of interest understand who’s doing the hard work of conservation – perhaps imperfectly, but earnestly and, by most accounts, effectively? Home on the range: How to live with grizzly bears 2014-03-22T17:00:00Z But this time it starts with the pool of water beneath, where its image is imperfectly reflected. More reasons to hate the Yankees: It’s history, and much worse than A-Rod 2014-03-21T23:00:00Z On her opening jump, a triple-triple combination, she landed her first jump imperfectly, making it easy for her to segue into a double next. Sports of The Times: Figure Skaters Battle for Steady Nerves and Legs 2014-02-20T02:28:08Z If the programmer specified one of the steps imperfectly, something bad will happen, and exactly what is hard to predict. Why Do Computers Crash? 2013-11-06T17:37:00Z And what about the drivers who are being told that they’ve basically been doing their jobs imperfectly for all this time? Meet ORION, Software That Will Save UPS Millions By Improving Drivers' Routes 2013-11-01T17:27:00Z They want a total reset of the rules of a democracy imperfectly worked out over the past two years. Egypt army gives Mursi 48 hours to share power 2013-07-02T00:15:04Z It reinforces the intergenerational sharing that families already — though imperfectly — provide. Economic View: To Fix Social Security, Use the Right Wrench 2013-06-08T18:46:16Z The precise role of the hippocampus in memory formation is still imperfectly known, despite some 50 years of study by neuroscientists focused on H.M.’s memory deficits and those of other patients with hippocampal damage. What Nuclear Tests Tell Us About the Brain 2013-06-07T11:05:28Z New Study Finds That False Memories Linger for Years Each time we recall something, the memory is imperfectly re-stitched by our brains. How Long Will A Lie Last? New Study Finds That False Memories Linger for Years 2012-11-14T16:15:22.040Z These epochal decisions have been carried out imperfectly, not surprising for an institution as large, lumbering and complex as the Catholic Church. Op-Ed Contributor: Vatican II Opened the Church to the World 2012-10-11T03:25:19Z Of course he wasn’t one, and regularly returning to old work – imperfectly – resulted in endless variety. 5 Ways To Be As Creatively Successful As Andy Warhol 2012-10-04T17:07:24Z Insulin sensitivity is part of a complex and imperfectly understood web of molecular signals. The human microbiome: Me, myself, us 2012-08-16T15:04:04Z While I am admittedly imperfectly comfortable with technology, I am not a Luddite. Is Technology Really Making Your Life Easier? 2012-07-25T15:07:14Z The case also showed that the rule of law was taking hold in Afghanistan, albeit imperfectly, the official said. Court Convicts Afghan Soldier in Attack on French Forces 2012-07-17T17:13:04Z Labor markets also remain more national than continental, leaving workers and businesses at the mercy of the EU’s imperfectly synchronized business cycles. Who Lost the Euro? 2012-05-24T10:00:40Z This carpet consists of two thicknesses, which are imperfectly united, and is not durable. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z The greatest things are often those which are most imperfectly realised; and surely no achievements of the Christian Church are more truly great than those which it has effected in the sphere of charity. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z “We must, however, do our best, then Heaven will surely smile upon us, though we but imperfectly perform our religious duty.” The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z She would not ascribe his remembering what she had called him to an imperfectly healed scar of vanity, but with kindlier thoughts turned it to a memento of his affection for her. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The old theologies of civilized races, useful in their day, because answering, however imperfectly, to permanent needs of human nature, no longer suffice. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z The great revival in prosperity, which I have imperfectly sketched, was closely connected with the cross-channel trade. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Dress in the dark, imperfectly: no time to shave. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z But during the first centuries of the Christian era, this municipal autonomy, by a process which can only be imperfectly traced in detail, decayed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z A man who is thus "up to his eyes" in speculation, who tries to do everything himself, must do many things badly, or at least imperfectly. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z By the application of the results thus obtained it has seemed to me that many points which have been misunderstood or imperfectly appreciated can be elucidated. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z T. Biddlecòmiæ, Aust., very imperfectly described from specimens collected in Urbana, Ohio, is said to be simply and rather distantly pinnate. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The boy told me the story but imperfectly. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z Structure of the Heart.—The arrangement of the muscular fibres of the heart is very complicated and only imperfectly known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z A great deal has been written about the life of Mohammed, but even yet his character is imperfectly understood. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Will you excuse me, Major Stapylton, if I do not enter upon a subject on which I am not merely very imperfectly informed, but on which so humble a judgment as mine would be valueless? Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Sporangia borne on elevated receptacles, forming roundish sori imperfectly covered by very delicate hood-shaped indusia attached to the base of the receptacles. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Even his late attempt to enlighten his sister Dinah on a matter he so imperfectly understood now recoiled upon him, and added to his own mystification. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z If the object of the writer of these chapters was to convey physical information, then certainly it is imperfectly fulfilled. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z As electroscopes used to be constructed, these walls were made of glass imperfectly covered, if at all, by conducting material, and the electroscope was quite indefinite and uncertain in its action. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Their tasks were hurried over, imperfectly learnt at the best, if at all, and were generally concluded with a caning. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z Corolla imperfectly papilionaceous; standard smaller than the wings, and enclosed by them in the bud; the keel-petals larger and not united. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The conversation you so unwarrantably and imperfectly overheard had a totally different object, and I am not at all sorry you should not have guessed it. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z The reciprocal relations of light with other modes of force are thus far very imperfectly known. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z That was at a time when an imperfectly informed public used to regard the University of Glasgow as a stagnant survival of mediævalism, and used to call its professors the 'Monks of the Molendinar'! Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z Slowly and imperfectly she was learning that she was a woman. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The extreme western flora is no doubt imperfectly represented. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z Some little information on this subject, but imperfectly understood by the public, may perhaps be permitted here. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z We are imperfectly acquainted with facts here, and still less with the politics of the Northern Courts; you will sometimes extend your observations to them. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z In Mayer's time the difference of the specific heats of air was imperfectly known, and so J could not be found with anything like accuracy. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z A machine-rolled or unbeaten book is always much better than one imperfectly beaten, for here nothing is demanded but sheer force, and that is always exercised with better results by a machine. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z I. Pod turgid, completely or imperfectly 2-celled by the intrusion of the dorsal suture, the ventral suture being not at all or less deeply inflexed.—Astragalus proper. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The phenomena of which we are speaking are manifestations of the universal dynamism, with which our five senses put us very imperfectly in relation. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z The aims and principles of this association were very imperfectly understood. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z What he saw in an instant, he could only express imperfectly, word by word, and sentence after sentence. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Therefore it would be well not to confuse the student of the future with our clever variations of imperfectly understood ideas. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z The typical imperfectly developed annual form, with only 4 stamens and rather strict pods, occurs very rarely. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The action of the force is manifested under conditions as yet imperfectly determined. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z With most men, however, the transition is as yet but imperfectly accomplished, and that part of physical nature which science has hitherto failed to explain is regarded as a sphere of special interposition. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The Indians of Sandusky kept imperfectly the promise they had made, the Wyandots of that place alone sending a full deputation; while the other tribes were merely represented by the Ojibwa chief Wasson. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z To give a toy dog crude cod liver oil, imperfectly purified, because it is cheap, is like expecting to do fine carving upon oak with a hatchet, because it is oak and not satin-wood. A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them 2012-03-25T02:00:07.687Z Seeds globular, with a crustaceous coat, ascending, imperfectly anatropous, the rhaphe not adherent quite down to the micropyle, the persistent seed-stalk thus forming a sort of lateral beak. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z The mysterious forces we are here studying are themselves manifestations of the universal dynamism with which our five senses put us very imperfectly into relation. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z A blind boil, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z As to my aunt's children or grandchildren saying, if they did say, that Dinah is a good portrait of my aunt—that is the vague, easily satisfied notion imperfectly instructed people always have of portraits. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z He took it up, glanced at its imperfectly legible message, and put it down. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Leaves alternate, or sometimes imperfectly opposite, with or without obvious stipules. The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee 2012-04-12T02:00:30.140Z They prove that we are living in the midst of an unexplored world, in which the psychic forces play a rôle as yet very imperfectly studied. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Three British divisions, very imperfectly entrenched, were awaiting the onset of seven German divisions, flushed with uninterrupted victory, and backed up by an overwhelming preponderance in artillery. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z At a period when religious freedom was but imperfectly understood, even by those who deprecated persecution, a man of Mr. Harris’s active zeal for proselytism, was not likely to pass unobserved. A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation 2012-03-17T02:01:03.693Z A smell of paint and of the shavings of imperfectly seasoned pinewood! Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Through processes but imperfectly understood, the varying forms of vegetable life are empowered to conserve, from air and soil, nitrogen and other substances suitable for and essential to the life maintenance of animal creatures. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z This imperfectly evolved conduct introduces us, by antithesis, to conduct which is perfectly evolved,—such adjustments that each creature may make them without preventing other creatures making them also. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Lientery is the term applied when imperfectly changed food appears in the stools. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z One break-down after another, imperfectly repaired--for the Venezuelans are notoriously bad mechanicians--had disgusted the owner of the car, who was glad to sell it for a mere trifle. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The scapula is long and slender, the supra-scapular border being rounded, and slowly and imperfectly ossified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Why is he precipitated, imperfectly natured into a chaos of crime! Life and Character of Richard Carlile 2012-03-14T02:00:25.327Z The truths which, imperfectly comprehended, lead to this opinion, are these: We distinguish by the name of virtue that moral constitution which rises above the average. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Of those in which the pulse rose to 160, the only case that ended in recovery was that of a girl twenty-one years old suffering from an imperfectly developed typhoid. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z There is nothing more bewildering to a stranger than to be turned loose in a great city with which he is imperfectly acquainted. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Their Blood circulates imperfectly; its Qualities become impaired; the Humours tend to a pretty general Stagnation; and none of the vital Functions are completely discharged. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z Later there was a man who imitated Eddie Foy imperfectly and a bad bicycle act in which the performers called the orchestra leader "Professor" and shouted "Ready" to each other just before missing each trick. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z He was often judged by these songs alone, reported only imperfectly and superficially, and forthwith came many expressions of delight and enthusiasm for the future possibilities of the negro. Religious Folk-Songs of the Southern Negroes 2012-03-09T03:00:17.743Z As a consequence, the organ contracts imperfectly and becomes soft and flabby, so that sometimes, upon post-mortem examination, it bears the imprint of the intestines. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z But the stories imperfectly interpreted by Nando on that pleasant evening by the river made a new impression on him. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z In another Place I shall mention such Means and Methods as may in some Degree, though but imperfectly, be substituted instead of it. Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health 2012-03-10T03:00:11.780Z Everything which is said to be outside mind is only outside a localised and limited mind—outside a mind which is imperfectly and abstractly realised—not outside mind absolutely. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Notwithstanding his divine skill, he acquitted himself very imperfectly on this occasion. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z It is nothing less than the proposition to remove a perverted state of the blood-vessels which is dependent upon some influence exerted through a nervous apparatus whose therapeutics and experimental physiology are imperfectly understood. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z They will here find a picture of the great man, as he looked and moved in actual life, though imperfectly painted,—as by one who saw the figure from too low a stand-point. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z It would seem that the act of leaving cards is but imperfectly understood, and that many erroneous impressions prevail respecting the actual use of visiting cards. Manners and Rules of Good Society or Solecisms to be Avoided 2012-03-05T03:00:12.163Z It is, in short, a natural metaphysic: a metaphysic, that is, which has but an imperfect coherence, which imperfectly realises both its nature and its limits. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z This kind of monster is certainly an imperfectly developed human individual, and even the Foetus Anideus should receive at the least conditional baptism. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z The accumulation of unburied or imperfectly buried corpses has been looked upon as the real cause of the plague, and some of the recent epidemics have followed the prevalence of distinctive epizo�tics. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z This process, which is as yet imperfectly understood, is attended by the consumption of oxygen, the liberation of energy in the form of heat, and the exhalation of carbon dioxide and water vapour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Its habits were imperfectly understood, and it was invested, as we perceive from the above quotations, with the most extraordinary qualities. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z Soul and body are here, as the phrase goes, in communion: the inward life is still imperfectly disengaged from its natural co-physical setting. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z The four chief company depôts at home consisted of veterans waiting their discharge, of invalids, and of ineffective, or imperfectly effective, recruits. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z It is often imperfectly developed, and it may last only a few hours or a day or two. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Volumes have been written upon it, and yet, from the daily misapplication of the word in leading magazines and newspapers, it is evident that its meaning is very imperfectly understood. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z Raised voices reached him, and Rodd's answer, civil and propitiatory, came, imperfectly, to his ear. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z It is because this coherence is so imperfectly established in many human beings that their knowledge is so indistinguishable from opinion, and that they separate so loosely truth from error. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Although found throughout the northern portion of the Argentine Republic, its habits are as yet imperfectly known, but the following extracts show that they must be very interesting, and that the bird is remarkably versatile. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Usually it presents no abnormal appearance if drawn during life, though in grave cases it may coagulate imperfectly. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z I can only set down here the most interesting facts I was able to collect concerning its habits, which are very imperfectly known. Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:16.210Z The nature of Tradition is very imperfectly understood in many quarters; and mistakes respecting it lie close to the root, if they are not themselves the root, of the chief errors in Textual Criticism. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z The relations of the Trochilidae to other birds were for a long while very imperfectly understood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The charge that Transcendentalism denied the reality of supernatural powers and influences shows how imperfectly it was apprehended. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z In several cases we observed that many white corpuscles were small and apparently imperfectly developed. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Rudiment, an imperfectly developed and functionally useless organ. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The later and well-recorded period ought to be made to supply additional information as to the earlier and imperfectly described ones. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z The last scene of all was the Ascension, which was less impressive than some that had gone before, as it could of course only be imperfectly represented. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z And yet from Samoa they lived separated by thousands of miles of intervening ocean, still imperfectly known, abounding in coral reefs, liable to dangerous storms, full of shifting currents. Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art 2012-02-14T03:00:24.393Z If A is vaccinated first, and the same lancet, imperfectly cleansed, is used on B, it is plain that B will be inoculated not only with vaccine lymph, but also with A's blood. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Perhaps that's why a growing number of Japanese are opting to be imperfectly happy alone. As its Single Ranks Swell, Japan Wonders 'Where's the Love?' 2012-02-14T02:25:00Z He stepped into the carriage and was driven away very quickly, leaving Florence in some doubt as to whether he had not gone to Ketterford—for she had but imperfectly understood him. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z Man is not fallen from a primitive state of holiness, but is imperfectly developed. Miss Ellis's Mission 2012-02-11T03:04:04.613Z They who deny it deny an article of faith; they who believe it imperfectly are the followers of a fragmentary Christianity of modern date. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z These minorities were mostly unorganized in 1920 or imperfectly organized; their development vertically is now going on. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z The Highlanders are a simple-hearted, primitive race, mostly poor, and imperfectly educated. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z His machinery was yet to be built, his material collected, and even his workmen to be taught, and that in a business with which he was imperfectly acquainted. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z I am sorry to say the change remains, as yet, but imperfectly apparent—though I dare say it has, within the last month, really begun. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z He knew that the Delawares were divided in feeling, and the Shawnees but imperfectly united in favor of England, ever since the murder of Comstalk. The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 2012-02-04T03:00:17.917Z On coming to Glasgow he appears to have begun to lecture in connexion with the university, the medical school of which was as yet imperfectly organized. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z But I am not in possession of the materials for such a portrait, having heard him preach only once, and being imperfectly acquainted with the events of his life. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Who these were we are not aware, the event being but imperfectly recorded, no less than the history of these first ecclesiastical foundations. The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts 2012-01-28T03:00:27.347Z Even though the elections were “extremely late” and imperfectly run, he says, the vote was “an extremely important” step in the right direction. The Lede Blog: Egyptian Activists Say Their Revolution Remains Unfinished 2012-01-25T01:29:56Z A writer in the New York Evening Express, who has been recently travelling in the West, remarks that "the Mormons have assumed a moral and political importance which is but very imperfectly understood." Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The world remains very imperfectly educated concerning its women. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z Fauna.—The fauna of Cuba, like the flora, is still imperfectly known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Tetzcatl was not an eloquent man, and he spoke English imperfectly, but he was nevertheless a persuasive talker. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z You, whose eye diverges not, will make the use of Bologna I have not, or at least but very imperfectly: much more than what is thought of, may be made of that place. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z In the 3rd tablet, very imperfectly preserved, Gilgamesh appeals through a Shamash priestess Rimat-Belit to the sun-god Shamash for his aid in the proposed undertaking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The principle was obviously less true for Rome than it is for Great Britain or America: Rome, however imperfectly, lived largely by tribute. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z The geography of the island is still very imperfectly known, and all figures are approximate only. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z On foreign soil he is playing a part that he only knows imperfectly. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z It is true that our armies, hastily gathered and imperfectly equipped, had been outnumbered and defeated in several important engagements. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z On the contrary, we have regarded sleep as an independent phase of personality, existing with as good a right as the waking phase, and dowered with imperfectly expressed faculties of its own. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z I know how imperfectly I often express myself. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The region between the lines of the two coastal systems is a much dissected plateau, imperfectly explored. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z On getting out of the train, Toledo deeply moved, gazes at his artificial arm, which hides but imperfectly the amputation. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z However imperfectly his speech may be reported, it has much of that energy of declamatory invective which is part of the tradition connected with his name. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z His results, though very imperfectly described, seem to have been peculiar to himself. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z At times he saw but imperfectly; then he fancied he had risen before daybreak, and lit a lamp. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z During the recession, too many workers learned new technology imperfectly, on the fly, or not at all. Workstation: For Multitaskers, 2012 May Be a Year of Revenge 2011-12-31T21:09:40Z Many of the deeds produced could never have been understood by the natives who signed them, and often the boundaries were imperfectly described. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Ramon did the same; he had very imperfectly understood the application to his case of this simile, derived from the art of fencing, but he abstained from asking any explanation. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Whether those elements are most readily excited by a directly subliminal appeal, or whether they depend mainly on the special powers innate in the hypnotised person, we can as yet but imperfectly guess. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z It is but a slight indentation in the land, and has a bottom affording very poor holding-ground, covered with kelp; besides, it is very imperfectly sheltered from the wind. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Geology.—The geology of Haiti is still very imperfectly known, and large tracts of the island have never been examined by a geologist. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Fornander's temptation lay in knowing Hawaii thoroughly, the other Polynesian groups imperfectly, and Fiji not at all. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Although he speaks English somewhat imperfectly, yet we have listened with great pleasure to his intelligent narrative of the perils, occupations, sports, and duties of the voyage. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Large quotations purposely introduced from Edmund Gurney indicate, although imperfectly, how closely interwoven our work on all these subjects continued to be until his death. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z But the principle of exchange, imperfectly and irregularly as it operated amongst the Indians, furnished some excitement to their ingenuity and their industry. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z They were due to the pervading atmosphere of an imperfectly Christian civilization, with its ideals of pity and sympathy. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z At the cession of the islands in 1874 the form of land tenure among the Fijians was very imperfectly understood. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z I have seen the habit but once, and then imperfectly, for I blundered upon two or three birds and flushed them before I could watch the performance. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Many copies of these are doubtless hidden away in old lumber rooms, or in the recesses of imperfectly catalogued libraries of obscure and decaying towns. Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs 2011-12-21T03:00:41.820Z They would have passed into that condition naturally enough;—imperfectly perhaps, but still as easily as any barbarous people who do not cultivate the earth, but exchange her spontaneous products. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z There are some things that one doesn't conceal, or conceals imperfectly, that one doesn't like to have thrown in one's face, none the less. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z Cruikshank's greatest enemy was his mannerism which may even delude the pessimist of scant acquaintance with him into the idea that it imperfectly disguises an inability to draw up to the standard of Vere Foster. George Cruikshank 2011-12-18T03:00:20.137Z Bangladesh must travel a long road before it can reconcile with the ghosts of its creation, but at least, four decades on, it is finally, imperfectly, taking those first steps. Forty Years After Its Independence, Bangladesh Looks to Its Past to Redeem Its Future 2011-12-16T05:35:30Z In an initial social choice stage, each agent imperfectly observes the world and selects a preferred outcome. [Perspective] Psychology: Can Ignorance Promote Democracy? 2011-12-15T18:55:40.553Z Without some instrument for registering time, the mind could very imperfectly attain the end which the watch attains, not requiring any mental labour. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Experience, however, was teaching her to measure men and things by another standard than that of personal feeling, though to the end the lesson would be imperfectly learned. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z And yet there the case stands: only by seeing and hearing for ourselves, however imperfectly, do we get the sense of reality. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z This chivalrous and beautiful idea, given here so imperfectly from memory, brought the great assembly to its feet in rounds of cheers. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z I was born in the kingdom of Bornoo, in Soodan, in the problematic central part of Africa, so imperfectly known to the civilized nations of Europe and America. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z This principle of exchange was imperfectly acted upon, because the principle of appropriation was imperfectly acted upon. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z No ornithologist is wise enough to tell us, for the colour of birds is still imperfectly understood. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A dress that made no head ache in its inventing and wasted no time in the making, borrowed from foreign models and imperfectly copied, is regarded as an important contribution to German fashion. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z If they appeared to be so, it must be because the doctrines were erroneously expressed or imperfectly understood. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z She was a French woman by birth, and spoke English very imperfectly, though her deceased husband had been an Englishman. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z Every one of them did all of these things for himself, and of course he did them very imperfectly. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z It is consequently very imperfectly understood, every one who has written about it assigning for its occurrence a different cause. A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. 2011-12-04T03:00:03.890Z Henry Harper was only able to answer these questions very shyly and imperfectly. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z However, I am disposed to make all possible allowance for him under the circumstances you have mentioned; which are, I ought to add, but very imperfectly known to me. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z They could not have explained all those beautiful and wonderful words—nay, they knew that most of them they understood very imperfectly. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z But the printing machine would have worked feebly and imperfectly without the paper machine. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z For what they really want is simply God, and earth represents Him very imperfectly. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The family was soon packed off to school, Johnnie "with a flea in his ear" for having cleaned his boots imperfectly the night before. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He stared with amazement at the enormous building, imperfectly revealed in the darkness of the night. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Doric had an accentuation system different both from Aeolic and from Ionic-Attic, but the details of the system are very imperfectly known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z When those duties are attended to, there may be common misfortunes; demand may fall off; the machinery, whether of steam or of mind, may be imperfectly in action; the season of adversity may bring discomfort. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z He placed on the table a bottle imperfectly wrapped in newspaper. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Like the last, it is a bird of wide geographical range, nowhere very abundant, and imperfectly known, coming only on passage in spring and autumn. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Comparison with the article that now imperfectly fills the want suggests itself. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Nor is this idea held imperfectly or obscurely developed in their minds. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z But back in February, “the American guys say ‘no more work in Speicher,’ ” Mustafa Nasser, a laborer, said in English, which is widely if imperfectly spoken in this town. Iraqi Town Falters as U.S. Troops Exit 2011-11-16T03:58:54Z For, apart from the imperfectly pronounced Indian words, there is no such term as Nootka in any language. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z Even on the brightest days the sunshine penetrates imperfectly through the stained windows, and in some cases the works of art are in the gloomiest chapel or recess of the building. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z If they are injured or diseased, then the perceptions of external relations are but imperfectly conveyed to the mind. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z We have sketched, however barely and imperfectly, the progress of Islam from Muḥammad's first appearance as a preacher to the day of his death. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Though occasionally we may find larger grains of felspar, quartz or epidote, it is more characteristic of these rocks that all the minerals are in small, nearly uniform, imperfectly shaped individuals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z I was but imperfectly acquainted with the Russian character, but in no one particular had I been so ignorant as in regard to their religious impressions. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z In disease, it has sometimes been found to undertake, and to perform feebly and imperfectly, sundry of the duties of its active "Leading" partner. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z On the other hand, if the brain, or its appendages, spinal marrow, &c., be in a pathological state, then the manifestations of mind or will are but imperfectly represented. The American Reformed Cattle Doctor 2011-11-14T03:00:19.813Z But these pieces of information were mere disconnected formulae, lessons, in other words, which had to be learned, and which, if imperfectly learned, caused him to be called lazy or inattentive. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Some imperfectly known private resentment urged him to contradict Jurieu, a leader that had the completest faith in his own infallibility. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z There were but a few scattered schools in the whole of that region, and these were such as are usually found on the frontier, in which reading, writing and arithmetic were imperfectly taught. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z A delayed convalescence, we have heard, is usually the result of mismanagement somewhere; the wrong doctor, perhaps, a family inclined to spoil by kindness, or mind over matter imperfectly understood. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z They know also, and too well, how imperfectly taught were most of those to whom the health of the whole community was entrusted.... Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z It was often found impossible to track the robbers to their retreats among the hills and morasses, for the geography of that wild country was very imperfectly known. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z In his own country, Calvin's system was imperfectly carried out. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z Through these our present design is to trace his career, succinctly and imperfectly indeed, and with the diffidence which a character so august naturally inspires. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z Of the first ninety-six, not more than six could read at all, and that very imperfectly; and not more than ten or twelve knew a letter. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z The desert of Gobi as a whole is only very imperfectly known, information being confined to the observations which individual travellers have made from their respective itineraries across the desert. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z The roof and walls are thatched with arundinaria, but so imperfectly that wind and rain find easy access through their reedy covering. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The field of research is extensive: a mass of information on the subject lies scattered in books, some of which are scarce, and the numerous manuscript sources have been hitherto imperfectly explored. The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century 2011-11-04T02:00:24.773Z Man, that imperfectly real thing, has an inherent tendency towards God, the Only Reality. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z |
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