Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Swift's whistled commands moved Roz through the course as though she were on a long leash-a series of short blasts sent her roaming, a long blast brought her back. Coolly, she ignored the occasional roar of a shotgun fired to test her poise. Going into a perfect point, taut and quivering, she deftly pinned down eight coveys. Once she pointed at an empty spot still warm with the scent of quail. But when Swift released her, she sprinted ahead for 150 yds. and tracked down the frightened birds with a fine point...
...opera was Le Nozze di Figaro. So began the greatest collaboration in operatic history. To this day, says British Biographer April FitzLyon, nobody quite knows why "the facile, mediocre poet, the very inexperienced dramatist, should be the man who, above all others, succeeded in providing Mozart with the perfect framework for his music." One possible explanation is that a better poet than Da Ponte might have been less willing to bow to Mozart's stern dictum: "In an opera the poetry must be altogether the obedient daughter of the music." It is the usual fate of the librettist...
...showing in sabre, where Marion has expected most this year, was perfect, as the division swept the event, 9 to 0. Mitch Thomas, Doug Runnels, and Dave Silbert each won three of three...
Otherwise, the picture is grim, and the Bulldogs figure to continue frustrating Crimson swimming ambitions. For the past seven years Harvard has gone through Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League competition undefeated until the Yale meet, and for the past seven years the Elis have spoiled the perfect record. Yale has not lost a dual meet since 1945, and has not lost to the Crimson since 1938. The total score in the series stands Yale 27, Harvard...
...team had a perfect record of ten victories and no defeats, and Marc E. Leland '59 tied for the best speakers award...