Word: flawlessness
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...black-and-white headlines of political upheaval a pure narrow gray band of personal experience. The subject--four Poles stranded in London during the imposition of martial law naturally invites an impassioned ideological treatment, but Skolimkowski's film is, on the surface, politically devoid. Instead we are given nearly flawless meditation on exile from an interior perspective...
...older Amadeus-the name means love of God-does not seem to compose music but only to transcribe it whole and flawless from some inexhaustible supply. Legendary scenes include Mozart the billiards player jotting down measures between shots, and dashing off the overture to Don Giovanni in two hours on the day of performance. A new piece sent to his sister was accompanied by the line, "I composed the fugue first and wrote it down while I was thinking out the prelude...
Perry could still win her case, of course, for there's no substitute for having the facts and in-court legerdemain on one's side. But more likely, her case will prove once again that even an extraordinary lawyer needs a flawless game plan--and the wind at his back--to add new contours...
...Beers stockpile of gems. The reason is that there is a worldwide glut of the precious gems. The vaults of diamond wholesalers are overflowing with rough as well as cut and polished stones, and the market for investment-grade diamonds has virtually collapsed. A rare one-carat D-flawless-grade stone that brought $62,000 at the peak of the market in 1980 is now worth only $15,000 or less, a decline of more than 75%. De Beers' sales arm, the Central Selling Organization, saw profits tumble 46% in 1981, and Oppenheimer says that an upturn...
...began buying bushels of stones on credit after the government subsidized interest rates at 6%. At the same time, global inflation was causing investors to dump paper assets like currency and stock, and buy tangible goods, particularly gold, real estate and gems. The cost of an investment-grade D-flawless diamond, which had risen from $1,250 in 1967 to $7,000 in 1976, suddenly soared. By early 1980, the price had reached an unsustainable...