To refrain from suicide is a perfect duty toward oneself; to refrain from making promises you have no intention of keeping is a perfect duty toward others; to develop one's talents is an imperfect duty toward oneself; and to contribute to the happiness of others an imperfect duty toward others.
He's a candidate for president instead of best picture — and his super PAC isn't the Weinstein Company, which knows how to drag an imperfect contender toward, and possibly across, the finish line.
The resolution to rid Syria of its chemical weapons, agreed to by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, is a useful, if imperfect, step toward a credible international response to a bloody war that has killed more than 100,000 Syrians.
They tip the balance toward imperfect, immediate humanity, and their drama rubs off on the instrumentals too.
As Isaac, who is given to declaring himself independent of his Jewish tribe, Mr. Leffert reveals an imperfect man drawn toward the attractive flame of the very Germans who are consigning his people to the ovens of the Holocaust.
Going to the heart of how divorced adherents are treated, Pope Francis called in a lengthy document on Friday for a more compassionate approach toward "imperfect" Catholics, saying "no one can be condemned forever".
Pop culture has nodded toward the imperfect female lead for decades.
The compromises of 1945 came to be seen as imperfect but essential progress toward international rule of law and the foundation for modern international criminal tribunals.
"Kevin" will be her third film the where she plays the imperfect mother, "We're working toward a boxed set," she jokes.
The WHO oversight committee has now declared that satisfactory (if in some areas imperfect) progress has been made toward developing improved vaccines, better laboratory diagnostics, a reasonable nonhuman primate animal model, effective antiviral drugs, and good understanding of the genetics of orthopoxviruses.
