Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...take pictures by starlight alone, is the invention of Professor James Worthington, an astronomer of Carmel, Calif. He is interested chiefly in astronomical photography, but his achievements may revolutionize commercial and motion picture photography. In good moonlight a one-second exposure with Worthington's lens will give as perfect detail as a half-hour exposure with present-day cameras. His plates show shadows cast by starlight. The secret is no new discovery, he says, but "a simple fundamental," taught by Euclid long before photography was known...
...Domino blood is the best strain on the American turf. It is Sarazen's more ways than one. This inbreeding has developed great sprinting speed. It has also made him a perfect gentleman-his demeanor is docile in stable or on track...
That lithe grace and distinguished bearing which were once thought to be natural possessions of the successful duellist can be cultivated by the assiduous quite as well with foils as with pointed blades. And if the novice feels after considerable practice that his form is at last perfect, there are doubtless members of the University fencing team, now for the second successive year Intercollegiate champions, who would be willing to demonstrate that cleverness and hard won experience are as essential now as in the days of Monsieur Beaucaire...
When a managerial candidate has graduated from the blanket-tending-towel-gathering state he is immediately confronted with the problems of the perfect host. In not a few American colleges he can provide for the discomfort of the visiting teams by assigning then members to widely separated fraternity houses; in other, propriety demands that the athletic guests be banished to the hotel, nearest the railroad tracks--where sleep is an infrequent luxury. Departure from the usual routine of entertainment, however, is usually forgiven in a busy land where the overworked candidates find it difficult to keep abreast of the current...
...system now in use may not be as perfect as possible. Obviously it is not. But its presence is infinitely preferable to its absence, and improvements can be made any general or particular improvements, so much the better for all concerned. Some of the innovations and special characteristics may succeed, others may fail and be discarded. But in the hands of the men who were eager, keen, and forceful enough to introduce the system into this Division can be left its development...