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Word: perfectability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Carl Curtis) the Senate overrode the veto 64 to 29 with two votes to sp: re. But Indiana's Charles Halleck, the shrewd minority leader in the House, had already taken a reading, saw a fighting chance to defeat the bill and sustain Ike's perfect veto record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Veto Upheld | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...Paris John Levee, 35. The text accompanying Levee's Images of European Summer (see color) draws on Shaw's own expatriate ramblings, summons up visions of "the sea calm, the sun hot. Everybody lazy and on holiday." Offshore a party on an aircraft carrier makes "the final perfect touch against the violet horizon." Sales to date: eight (which included a signed gouache) at $250; 60 of the regular edition (limited to 140 copies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: WORDS & PICTURES: The New Art Portfolios | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...There were times, late in the run, when Kim would have tried the patience of a saint, with her striving for [an] opening-night level of performance-even on rainy Thursdays. But nothing will wipe out the shining memory of ... the all too rare thrill of working with a perfect actress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, may 4, 1959 | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

When a student repeatedly makes perfect scores on tests to show how much he knows and how much he can learn, little is proved about the limits of his mind except what is self-evident-that a high-jumper can clear a high hurdle every time. Checking back to the scholastic aptitude tests that Bill Waterhouse took in December, college counselors found that he had scored perfectly in mathematics, slipped to 797 out of 800 in the test's verbal portion. Last year, taking the exams for practice as a junior, Bill missed nothing in the two aptitude tests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Good Student | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...seventh, Kasargian doubled to center and raced to third on a wild pitch by Army hurler John Rindfleish. Coach Norm Shepard called for the suicide squeeze, and Harrington laid down a perfect bunt to bring Kasarjian across the plate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Army Nine Edges Crimson, 4-3; Two Late Errors Lead to Loss | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

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