Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...made his initial bow, and long after that before any appreciable portion of those to whom he was supposedly bowing began to trickle in. And it never used to be long before they started to trickle out again. All of which was a circumstance not particularly favorable to the perfect audition of orchestral music...
Miss Beringer was the feeblest and most timid of the old ladies. In her loneliness, she caught at the brave cheerfulness of Mrs. Amorest for solace and protection. Years ago, Miss Beringer had had six months of perfect happiness. That was the period of her friendship with Jane, the greatest and loveliest thing in her life. All that remained to her of Jane now was a piece of red amber?a gift which she cherished above all else in the world...
...sister with the other relation of husband and wife." 3) The "original autograph" theory - i. e., the Bible as originally dictated by God, contained no mistakes and no hiati, but parts of it have been lost in transmission. But, says Mr. Shipman, "to conclude that the original autograph was perfect and entire, lacking nothing of being absolutely correct astronomy, geology, zoology, biology, geography, ethnography . . . constitutes a leap in literary supposition for which no one can give any reason." 4) Both the Adam-Eve story and the Cain story were ancient folk-tales brought together for certain literary and moral purposes...
...m.p.h. Far from having no gas left on arrival, she could have gone another 3,000 miles. Bringing only 32 men, she could have just as easily carried 54 and 15 tons of freight. Except for a rent in a gas cell (and that rapidly repaired), she arrived in perfect condition...
...priests maintained a regular stock yard on the Mount of Olives," he said. "In connection with animal sacrifices, the Jewish priests required that only perfect animals be offered up at the altars. As many of the animals brought for sacrifice were imperfect, the priests permitted these animals to be exchanged for perfect ones provided for that purpose, in exchange for a small fee for the inconvenience...