Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Half of the chlorophyll molecule has been synthesized so far, but certain parts of the other half still present problems, Woodward explained. The scientists are now trying to perfect a compound which resembles this problematic half of the molecule...
Despite Yale's perfect record and amazing array of all sorts of champions, Crimson coach Jack Barnaby said yesterday that he expected a very close match. "We're definitely up for this one," he commented, and the Elis "will have to go some to beat...
...swaying, shading bamboo tree that grew on the borderline between China and Tibet. Mother also told Hermione that she had four large, flat feet, a short tail, a white body, black legs, black ears, and black circles about her eyes. In short, Hermione was (according to her mother) a perfect ailuropoda melanoleucos and at the very same time a Giant Panda...
Mother also told Hermione Esmerelda that her father was a loud-mouthed lout from Szechuan Province, China. Mother, on the other hand, was a perfect lady from Tibet, whose nose was always cold and ears never drooped. Mother also had hopes for her daughter. And so from birth Hermione Esmerelda was always well behaved, well kempt, and never ate anything but the tenderest bamboo shoots. She looked askance upon Szechuan Pandas, especially her father, and ignored the reddish regular sized pandas or chased them up trees or called them, "Raccoons." When she grew up and weighed 200 pounds...
Winthrop Master David E. Owen claimed that Winthrop "has received a perfect cross-section of the Freshman Class," adding that there "was not a bit of change...