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He defended the orders as an imperfect but necessary tool for policing neighborhoods besieged by gang violence, while adding that authorities were “very diligent in supporting the documentation” of those targeted.

The standardized tests are imperfect, but they are closer to an objective, across-the-board measure than anything else available, especially in light of grade inflation.

A more accessible measure, though also imperfect, is proficiency rate, which is the percentage of students who have met the state academic standard in a particular area.

Given what Smith and other prosecutors have described as the “unprecedented circumstances” of the defendant’s election, the regulatory prescription is an imperfect fit.

"It just shows that our bodies are imperfect in some ways, and we can generate these types of cells over our lifetime," Navin said.