Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Stokowski and the choir rendered an almost perfect performance. But the effect? Eloquent, yes. Sublimely inspired even, in spots?but with long, long stretches of infinite boredom...
John Corbin: "As for Mr. Atwill's performance, seldom has so big and complex a nature been presented with so perfect a blending of subtlety and vigor. Miss Cornell is as nearly perfect...
Percy Hammond: "Scientifically, The Outsider is, as Mr. Dempsey would say, 'the bunk.' . . . But Mr. Atwill is gorgeous as the quack-doctor; and Miss Cornell's realization of the passionate lame girl seems a perfect thing. I suspect she knows more about honest acting than any of the other actors of today...
...reasons for the phenomenal speed of the Annapolis crews is the splendid physical fitness of Navy oarsmen. In an institution of Harvard's type it is more difficult to achieve a condition of perfect training, but it is not impossible. Coach Stevens' system of year round training, of long runs and hard workouts, is undoubtedly the only one that will insure the utmost strength in the Harvard shell. Hard work, and hard work alone, can bring the Crimson pennon fluttering in the lead at the end of a long four miles...
...attractions of intellect and understanding. Moreover, the writers of popular songs whose favorite theme is going home to Mother are legion; and certainly America's own Montague Glass would be awarded at the very least an Honorable Mention for "our Miss Cohen", who, it will be remembered, was "a perfect thirty...