Word: perfectability
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once in, Hoover found the path strewn with difficulty. An inordinate shyness, accentuated by his deafness, was mistaken for gruffness, an engineer's anxiety to be letter-perfect, for indecision. Twice while Dulles was absent, Hoover as Acting Secretary had to take responsibility for poor staff work that produced diplomatic boomerangs: 1) the U.S. snub in April 1955 of Communist China's offer to negotiate disagreements that were leading the two nations toward war; 2) the on-again, off-again shipment of 18 U.S. tanks to Saudi Arabia last winter in the midst of Israel's strongest...
...nomination, so did the New York Times. (Soon afterward, papers began running instructions on how to pronounce "Lincoln.") The Chicago Times repeatedly misquoted him in its report of the Gettysburg address ("Four score and ten years ago . . ."). To its credit, the New York Times ran a letter-perfect full text of the address (followed by "continued applause"), though the reader could not discover that Lincoln had even spoken at Gettysburg until he had plowed through hundreds of words about the memorial ceremony...
Winthrop and Kirkland are also tied for first place in touch football, with perfect 6-0 records. The two will battle for first place Tuesday afternoon. Adams will finish third with four wins and two losses for the season...
When the Chief realized that he had mastered the ancient Persian art, he decided to look for a relation between his relevations and ancient astrological insights. He has since digested over 1000 works on astrology, and discovered that the universal order which is "perfect, is pictured perfectly in astrology." He reasoned that the fundamental truths which he had found in concentration while weaving were also present in astrology...
...each year from foreign countries. Since there is no school dormitory of any sort these people must look for apartments in the neighborhood of the School. These students form their impression of the United5Old man and dentist-to-be in the Dental School clinic. The School's facilities are perfect for its present enrollment, but it hopes to expand...