Instead, searching for birth families 2 or 10 or even 30 years after the fact has become an imperfect alternative.
What was once advertised as promising an infinite jukebox has become as imperfect as the old delivery systems, subject to technological changes, legal claims and personal preferences.
The United States, he writes, has become "just one great, but imperfect, country among others".
The environment--although still imperfect has become at the very least family-tolerant so I no longer hear women professionals whisper about the unwritten practice of maternity leave "penalty".
Use of the Fourier methods for revealing imperfect periodicity has become common.
The parallel may be imperfect, but the comparison has become political shorthand for a more basic question: has Iran stuck itself in a quagmire?
The actor has become a heartthrob in England, but he is an imperfect heartthrob, with intense blue eyes and definitely thinning hair.
The imperfect synchrony between patient and ventilator has become a stand-alone topic within the field of mechanical ventilation.
It's a story that has become grimy with symbolism about Hollywood privilege, 1970s California indulgence, imperfect parenting, judicial pandering and inconsistency, tortured creative temperament, and the rights of rape victims.
Perhaps Saturday Night Live has become so associated with presidential election campaigns because they are both imperfect but indispensable.
Krugman focuses on imperfect integration of the world economy, showing how this has become both a cause and effect of exchange rate instability.
