Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there are touches. Margaret Leighton's face, for instance, is an excellent playground of contrasts, especially when she is acting the real novelist, puzzled by passion. Moreover, and most fortunately, Ralph Richardson acts her husband. He is casually perfect, and finds a flourish even in the stiff upper lip of, "There's only one thing more to say. Apparently I haven't made it sufficiently clear. I happen to love you very much...
This final version of the bill is far from perfect. The complex method for handling complaints against landlords may discourage plaintiffs from pressing charges. A family turned down by a landlord and without an apartment may not have the time to pursue their efforts up to a court decision and through long appeals. Since the lack of a provision for punishing offenders will encourage some owners to see how long they can evade the law, subsequent amendments to this bill should restore the punitive fine...
...early life, "the British were standoffish and haughty. I never learned to like them." He did learn to imitate their cool, diplomatic ways. As the years rolled by and Victor Emmanuel's monarchy gave way to Benito Mussolini's dictatorship, the village boy became a perfect embodiment of that superdiplomat-the diplomatic gentleman's gentleman. As a tactful and understanding embassy servant he was entrusted with all sorts of delicate missions by the well-born young Britons of His Majesty's Foreign Service. He got them theater tickets, arranged discreet assignations, and even took over some...
Founder Baha'u'llah ("the manifestation of God") had appointed his son ("the perfect man") to succeed him, and the son in turn appointed Shoghi Effendi Rabbani ("a man under divine guidance"). When Asian flu carried off 61-year-old Shoghi Effendi in London last month. Bahais from Illinois to Iran speculated on whom he had appointed to carry on as Guardian. At Bahai world headquarters in Haifa last week 26 of the 27 "Hands of the Cause of God," chief stewards of the faith, gathered to find the answer in Shoghi Effendi's will. But where...
...acting is generally overacting. Among the few who were exceptions to the general awkwardness was Ann Brennan, whose nearly perfect performance of Annabella was often a saving grace for the play. Thomas Lumbard lived up to a small part with dignity, and James Swan, Gerald Malone, and William Bruckner were usually respectable. Benette Schultz played the juicy role of a maid with an occasional flair...