The essential issue here is whether attempts at industrializing medical care will result in the broad improvements the Taylorists seem to envision, or whether the result will be the evisceration of a system that, while imperfect, has a great many extraordinary strengths, and once destroyed, will be difficult or impossible to re-establish.
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We paused, we talked, and even though we were in a scary situation with imperfect information, we made a thoughtful decision fast.
However, in trying to neutralize my critique, all he has succeeded in demonstrating is his disregard for the most basic facts, to say nothing of a lack of concern for a reasoned and critical assessment of the imperfect studies bearing on a murky scientific question.
This reverses the biggest achievement of Boris Yeltsin's short-lived, imperfect democracy: a peaceful transfer of power.
Yet I, like America, am imperfect, with a dream that perfection can be achieved.
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The association between XMRV and mouse DNA in this study is imperfect whereas in a contaminant scenario it would not be.
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The Vaccine Court, although imperfect, is a much better model for handling complex medical claims than the roulette of a jury trial.
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The message seems to be that markets are willing to tolerate a highly imperfect fiscal deal (officially, the American Taxpayer Relief Act), permitting a greater focus on the continued gradual improvement of the world economy as a whole.
They are not painters in the conventional sense for they do not aim to take paint to a blank canvas, ask you to see the perfect version of an imperfect thing, offer you a snapshot of something beautiful.
Ultimately, a metaphor is going to be an imperfect picture for the actual workings of a scientific concept.
By contrast, Goldman's value-at-risk the amount it could lose on a bad day and thus a widely used (if imperfect) measure of risk appetite hit a new high last quarter, jumping most in equities, even as stockmarket volatility fell.
The market is thus a highly imperfect one: Britain was unable to buy gas at any price in 2004 and 2005, for example.
"While it is true that Kim can be slow and his body movement is imperfect, he is a great attacker, " says team director Kwon Seung Teik.
Lenders say they need to charge higher rates partly because buyers of manufactured homes often have low incomes, imperfect credit and carry a higher risk of default.
For now, the IRS is trying, as is much of the nation, to deal with the increasing pressures of an imperfect immigration system in a country that was crafted as a democracy by immigrants.
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The ability to successfully wind your way through the multitude of reefs and shoals to an excellent, yet admittedly imperfect, solution is a central skill of governments at their best and one that is becoming an increasingly needed attribute for top corporate leaders.
Cash taxes paid in a period are the best method, while an imperfect method, of estimating how much a company actually pays in taxes in a given period.
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We live and lead in a world of imperfect information, guaranteed surprises, and unpredictable occurrences.
Should convenient usability for a broad non-techie demographic trump increased tech-savvy security in a world of imperfect and varying threat models?
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The Knicks are not expected to give much of a challenge to the Heat, a still-imperfect club that was tormented by last season's Finals failure and is eager for revenge in this lockout-shortened year.
Clearly the White House and Library of Congress agree that the DMCA exception process is a rigid and imperfect fit for this telecommunications issue, and we want to ensure this particular challenge for mobile competition is solved.
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Software in companies is a huge business and imperfect testing of software creates costly errors.
El-Erian, for his part, supports a smaller, less imperfect union, which he says will benefit all parties involved.
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So while it is useful on many levels, a warranty is an imperfect form of protection for both you and the buyer.
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Most brands have a decent, but imperfect, sense of how they are perceived and how their marketing investments move that perception needle.
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Tango is -- in a sense -- imperfect ... albeit beautifully imperfect.
This study, however imperfect because of its focus on a surrogate endpoint, demonstrates why we need to generate more information about how drugs compare.
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BMI, the ratio of weight in kilograms to the square of height in metres, is a common, if imperfect, gauge of whether someone is over- or underweight.
John Mueller, of America's University of Rochester, argues that democracy has had a good, if imperfect, record of dealing with minority issues, particularly when compared with other forms of government.
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