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Word: flawless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beginning of Haydn's Quartet in G Major (Op. 77, No. 1) sounded rather thin, and not until the middle of the second movement did the group display the full tone that chamber music lovers have grown to expect of it. The final two movements were flawless. All four instrumentalists played precisely but not mechanically, and Haydn's mellow humor was brought out in every measure...

Author: By Lawrence R. Casler, | Title: Budapest Quartet | 3/5/1952 | See Source »

Harvard's Dick Button clinched his fifth straight world figure skating championship last night in Paris. Thirteen thousand fans cheered wildly as he went through a flawless performance. Dudley Richards, a sophomore of Boston and Eliot House, came in fifth--only .7 of a point behind the fourth place winner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Button Takes Crown; Richards Places Fifth | 3/1/1952 | See Source »

Ronald Roseman's oboe playing in Hindemith's Sonata for Oboe and Piano was the best in months. His flawless technique and intelligent phrasing made the Sonata sound perhaps even better than it is. Gilda Hoffman's handling of the tricky piano parts was more than adequate...

Author: By Lawrence R. Casler, | Title: The Music Box | 12/19/1951 | See Source »

...later, with the field narrowed to five (four Labradors and one golden), the judges called for one final test: a difficult double retrieve across the snow-fed Tolt River. The ruddy golden, Ready Always of Marianhill, against 4-1 odds and a standing tradition,* finally won with a flourishing, flawless finish. Happy Owner Mahlon B. Wallace of Clayton, Mo. was ready with Ready Always' reward: "Right now I think we'll feed him a steak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Top Dog | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

...characters, members of the upper-upper, the upper-middle and the upper-lower classes of W. Lloyd Warner's "Yankee City," are portrayed with almost flawless accuracy. John Cromwell plays Fonda's father with just the correct mixture of humor and understanding; he is perhaps the outstanding members of a fine supporting cast...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: The Playgoer | 11/8/1951 | See Source »

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