Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From any spot in the field, the pros are capable of pulling the perfect play: that heart-warming performance when every blocker gets his man and a long pass connects or a shifty runner is shaken loose for a touchdown. The man in the stands needs a quick eye to spot the subtleties of down-and-out pass patterns (ends charging straight downfield, then suddenly cutting for the sidelines), flaring halfbacks (who sneak through the line of scrimmage to take a pass in the flat) and looping defenses (in which defensive linemen feint to one side before charging...
...producer of such TV shows as Father Knows Best, Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and Captain Midnight), Ford Theater is in its third year on TV and attributes its success to 1) the use of Hollywood stars (Thomas Mitchell, Irene Dunne, William Lundigan, Ronald Reagan), 2) its technically perfect films, 3) its plots, which Screen Gems says defensively are of "more interest to audiences throughout the country than certain other series that appeal to more sophisticated viewers...
Although he and his staff have been forced to spend three extra days each week handling ticket applications, Lunden said that the new athletic cardeased ticket processing by eliminating lines and giving his office a check on every ticket. "From the accounting standpoint, it gives us perfect control," he added...
...Christmas before we graduated, we were both stumped for a present for each other. We could not afford anything that the other really needed. Finally, we decided that since both our TIME subscriptions expired in December, we would just give TIME to each other. This was not only the perfect gift, but also completely reciprocal. This continued for years after we were out of school. It finally ended when my friend married a girl who was also an avid TIME reader. She had a longterm, paid-up subscription which, my friend claims, served as her dowry." And, Mr. Weber continued...
...rain of the past two days is likely to be more harmful to the spectators than to the players, for a tarpaulin has covered the field most of the week. The H.A.A. reports that the turf is in perfect shape except for a large "Y" burned in at midfield Wednesday night...