But the analogy is imperfect.

Instead, an imperfect answer produced heightened vulnerability.

The problem was that the imitation was imperfect.

China prefers an imperfect status quo to such alternatives.

Evil is therefore only an imperfect understanding of the world.

And yet there is still hope in this imperfect world.

Such is the nature of the imperfect reliability of psychiatric diagnosis.

But I don't remember exactly how it happened, but I have one recollection, which was pretty strong in my mind.

And so these folks had, very simply, the courage to be imperfect.

They acknowledged early on that they were using imperfect and untested tools.

When reminders prompted recollection many years later, they experienced intense distress, finally understanding their abuse from the perspective of an adult.

Such a strategy would be less simple than merely holding highly imperfect elections.

They have always been imperfect, and today their flaws are visible in new ways.

In the imperfect world of politics, this middle ground would be a positive outcome.

These developments ushered in the slow, imperfect return of an unbalanced multi polar system.

Indonesia s new democracy may be imperfect, but has thrived despite its initial poor prospects.

But a best case scenario provides a poor policy framework in our imperfect world.

Obviously, the path to democracy is long and imperfect and different for every nation.

An imperfect war is limited as to places, persons, and things. Lawrence's Wheaton, 518).

Imperfect information and difficulties in monitoring firms pose significant obstacles to idealized risk sharing instruments.

This effort, she knew, requires a willingness to achieve one s goals in stages, however imperfect.

Economics, in other words, must start from the premise of imperfect rather than perfect knowledge.

My own favorite recollection of this period is from March 2012, when I shared a podium in New York with another, more famous economist.

And I had this vague recollection of seeing these yellow fish with a black spot, and I thought, Aw, damn. I should have caught one.

Number two, it's imperfect it's not very glamorous, and it doesn't suddenly start and suddenly end.

While markets are imperfect, regulators are not only human but bureaucratic and subject to political influence.

Eventually exposed, their perfidy demonstrated the NPT s imperfect ability to deter, catch, and reverse nuclear cheats.

Russia s legal system is imperfect, and even serious violations of corporate governance are difficult to punish.

The contract between government and governed imperfect in rich countries is often altogether absent in poor countries.

And, in an imperfect world, part of each government s job is to protect its citizens from enemies.

They also sustained, against all odds, a democracy that, however imperfect and dysfunctional, is nonetheless amazingly vibrant.

And the more innovative the undertaking the more imperfect is any advance understanding of its potential outcome.

Political science is imperfect electoral reforms seek to make politics work a bit better, a bit sooner.

For good or ill, democratic sentiment will win out, and Britain s human rights record, while imperfect, remains strong.

We Indians have learned to take human beings as they are, which is to say, as grossly imperfect.

Far from a world of optimal policy, central bankers have been forced into prolonged reliance on imperfect approaches.

Moreover, when information is imperfect, markets often do not work well and information imperfections are central in finance.

A company s knowledge of the future results of a new business undertaking is imperfect to say the least.

Card games where each player's cards are hidden from other players are examples of games with imperfect information.

But, as long as the degree of insolvency is small enough that a relatively minor degree of monetary easing can prevent a major depression and mass unemployment, this is a good option in an imperfect world, this is a good option in an imperfect world.

Those witnesses appear to the Commission to be consistent and credible in their recollection of road works being carried out in that area during the relevant time period.

673 90. ref limited information, and barriers to entry of new firms that may be associated with imperfect competition.

Both disregard the fact that rationality depends as much on individuals imperfect understandings of history and society as on their motivation.

We design contracts around imperfect trustworthiness and construct elaborate institutions that take account of the hills and valleys of human honor.

Russia s problem is not that it is an imperfect democracy, but that its governance is corrupted by so called political technology.