Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gently criticized the coquetries she was distributing between a young Fascist and a pair of shady young Neapolitan noblemen. Suddenly understanding that death would be more terrible for Charles Orbison had he her love as well as life to lose, Claire accomplished the brave as well as the theatrically perfect conclusion. Exaggerating her accustomed appearance of chattering artificiality, she blew him a kiss and left Raona...
...record low temperatures in Asia Minor. Balkan temperatures sank to four below zero in Belgrade and; even lower in other parts of Jugoslavia. "Tall" but circumstantially repeated; was a story of how the dead, frozen bodies of 17 Jugoslavian soldiers were discovered "clutching their rifles and in perfect marching order . . . half buried in and supported by the snow...
This man and this woman have hoards of money; houses in the country; smartly charming tricks of conversation; and, as the play proceeds, two children. Also it has this man's father who, as he sees it, has been done out of an eminently perfect marriage by a wife who indignantly divorced him for infidelity. He is bent on appeasing similar indignation in his daughter...
...theatre, and Florenz Ziegfeld's musical comedy made from her novel established itself magnificently as the best of its kind in town. She did not write the songs and jokes, but the librettist held closely to her basic story. The floating theatre on the Mississippi made a perfect background; Negro singers helped the melodies. These tunes were by Jerome David Kern, written at his best. Unlimited chorus girls and superbly competent principals (there is no star) added full value...
...willing elder, is enough to destroy a superficial similarity. Moreover, the association of the two is unhampered by any attempt at regulation by college authorities. Supplied with all the necessary information about his disciple, the graduate, by letter or conference, can advise him as he sees fit, and with perfect frankness and freedom. And the fact that no compulsion is placed on the undergraduate either in this respect, but that he seeks knowledge of his own will, is likely to better the relations. For unfortunately the virtues of experience as a teacher do not overshadow the waste and frustration that...