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Word: perfectability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hitting the ball hard and placing his shots well to beat Lacy Keesler, to whom he lost down south in the first Davidson match. Rauh also played the lines beautifully to upset John Bremer, who had beaten him previously. French, Bossart, and Goodman in the doubles all showed perfect form on their overhead smashes to drop their opponents...

Author: By Jere Broh-kahn, | Title: Tennis Team Wins 8th, Upsetting Davidson, 6-3 | 5/6/1952 | See Source »

...captious German movie critic once called her "die Oelige Ziege" (oily goat) because of the slippery way she slid around mountain peaks in her movies. But to Dictator Adolf Hitler, sinuous suntanned Leni Riefenstahl, the daughter of a Berlin plumber, seemed the perfect female embodiment of Aryan strength through joy. Under Adolf's patronage, Actress-Producer Leni became the reigning queen of German moviedom. Given the job of filming the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Leni produced a picture as artful as it was artistic. It took top critical honors at Italy's International Film Festival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Admired by Adolf | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...usually an upsurge in business. But last week, after two months of softening prices and sliding retail sales, businessmen were still waiting for the upturn. The whole economy seemed poised on such hairspring scales that businessmen took courage, or fright, from every vagrant sign. The stock market was a perfect example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Back to Normal | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...this latest book in abundance. For example, there is the story of the hunter, Count Hubert St. Cucuface and the Countess, a theoretical president of the Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals. The story of their life together is told in a chapter entitled, "The Perfect Marriage...

Author: By Herbert S. Myers, | Title: Undercover Comedy | 5/2/1952 | See Source »

Robinson also starred in the field. His perfect peg from deep right field caught catcher Lou Murgo at third, and kept the Browns from making the first a really big inning. Webb's walk to lead off batter Karb started the trouble. Successive errors by Charlie Walsh and Hank Young, plus a missed double play sent two quick runs across the place...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Nine Commits Five Errors, Loses to Bruin Varsity, 4-3 | 5/1/1952 | See Source »

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