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Word: perfectability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity meet, the Crimson picked up two firsts and five second places. Easily the most exciting was the threemeter dive, in which the Crimson's Pete Dillingham preserved his perfect record, shading Eli's Kenny Welch by 22-100ths of a point. Dillingham--who now has nine victories in nine performances for the year--tallied 101.35 points, while Welch picked up 101.63. Senior Larry Kelly was third...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Elis Beat Swimmers, 55-29, To Take 100th Straight Win | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

...hrer, or "the dictatorship of the proletariat in the form of the democratic centralism of the Party.") The Third Realm was to be characterized by wisdom, and after the Third Realm's beginning (set by Joachim for the year 1260), men would soon be so perfect that they would not need any Dux or government or discipline. (Marx's translation: After the triumph of scientific socialism in the classless society, the state would "wither away" because men, purged of the evil of class conflict, would not need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JOURNALISM AND JOACHIM'S CHILDREN | 3/9/1953 | See Source »

...Yale swimming team--fastest thing in the water-regularly crops up at the end of the Crimson's season and spoils a perfect record. For the third straight year the Crimson swimmers are undefeated (8-0) going into their final meet. And for the third year running, they will finish second best, both in the meet and in Eastern League standings...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Unbeaten Crimson Swimmers Test Yale's 99-Meet String | 3/7/1953 | See Source »

...will have to sell a treaty still subject to changes. Even if there were no serious opposition to ratification of the treaty in European parliaments, American intervention would cause resentment. But with both the French and German Assemblies badly split on the bill, American warnings hand opposition parties a perfect theme song: Dollar Diplomacy. And even if the unfinished pact is ratified, future amendments will be that much harder. Knowing that they will get no second chance to junk the treaty, each member nation will hammer in its own proposals and insist that they stay. Development of a European army...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Haste and Waste in Europe | 3/5/1953 | See Source »

With occasionally superb directing and accomplished actors, I Confess shows that Hitchcock, while not perfect, is still the best in the suspense business...

Author: By E. H. Harvey jr., | Title: I Confess | 3/3/1953 | See Source »

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