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Word: perfectability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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This is to express my gratitude for a beautiful piece of writing-the review of Death of a Man. It is more than a review. It is a brilliant indictment of a hollow, barren approach to courage. I have reread it until I am convinced that it is perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 22, 1957 | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

Proclaiming that U.S. males should stop "staring at women's bodies and start looking at their faces again," the Caricaturists Society of America announced the results of a poll of its own members to determine "the perfect female face." Resulting composite: the "violet, limpid" eyes of Elizabeth Taylor; the forehead, "white, smooth and pure," of Kim Novak; the "cute, slightly turned-up" nose of Songstress Teresa Brewer; the "ripe, sultry and suggestive" mouth of Anita Ekberg; the "silky and soft" hair of Sophia Loren; the "firm, yet round and petite" chin of Natalie Wood; the "slender, yet strong" neck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 22, 1957 | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

...second inning. Botsford led off with a single to left, took second on a passed ball and scored when John Getch tripled to left. Then, loser Bill Possiel gave up his only walk of the game to Walt Stahura. After Haughey flied to left, McGinnis laid down a perfect bunt to send Getch home with what proved to be the winning tally...

Author: By James S. Eilberg, | Title: Crimson Nine Defeats B.U., 7-1; McGinnis Gains Second Victory | 4/19/1957 | See Source »

...Crimson added some frosting to the cake, scoring two insurance runs on some heads-up base running in the sixth. Cleary laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt to score Haughey from third and Bergantino from second, which proved to be more than enough to send the partisan crowd home content. Box Score AB H R RBI Bergantino 5 0 1 0 Cleary 4 2 1 2 Simourian 4 2 1 0 Hastings 4 2 1 1 Botsford 4 1 1 0 Getch 3 2 1 2 Stahura 3 0 0 0 Haughey 4 1 1 0 McGinnis...

Author: By James S. Eilberg, | Title: Crimson Nine Defeats B.U., 7-1; McGinnis Gains Second Victory | 4/19/1957 | See Source »

...answer centers around a foreign invader of Israel characterized by the scrolls as the Kittim. It would obviously make a considerable difference whether this term meant the Syrians (who dominated Israel from 198 B.C. to 141 B.C.) or the Romans (from 63 B.C. on). This one problem provides a perfect example of the kind of puzzle the scroll scholars are up against. The Kittim, according to the scrolls, are "swift and men of valor in battle." go "over smooth ground" and "trample the earth with their horses and with their animals; and from afar they come, from the coasts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Out of the Desert | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

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