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Word: perfect (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Point-counterpoint is the rhythm of the center. If there is a single individual who controls the improvisation, it would have to be William J. Bennett, 35, the executive director. Without intruding, he seems to be everywhere, the intellectual's perfect maitre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Carolina: Corn Bread and Great Ideas | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...give away any feathers, though they could be bequeathed to another Indian. The bill floated through the Ohio house of representatives last week by a vote of 78 to 17, but may be shot down in the state senate. Jeered State Senator John Kasich: "This is a perfect example of government at its silliest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Birds of a Feather | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...computer technology, which it protects like a mother bear guarding her cubs. Yet such technology is precisely where the U.S. has an edge, and could expand in what will be a growing industry in years to come. For many American businessmen and politicians, the NTT case is a perfect example of how Japan's cartel-like industry, in alliance with major trading houses, is able to preserve its profit margins by holding sway over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which is largely financed and backed by big business and farmers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Japan Risks Retaliation | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...ALMOST PERFECT AFFAIR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cannes Game | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...wonder, then, that the Cannes Festival is a perfect subject for Director Michael Ritchie, a satirist who has previously assaulted such institutions as competitive sports (Downhill Racer), beauty pageants (Smile), political campaigns (The Candidate) and est (Semi-Tough). For his new film, An Almost Perfect Affair, Ritchie went to the 1978 festival to record the goings-on in all their vulgar glory. He eavesdrops on the manic deal making that transpires daily on the Carlton Hotel terrace, the pretentious black-tie screenings, the endless parade of female pulchritude for commercial purposes. Such real-life luminaries as Rona Barrett, Edy Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cannes Game | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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