Word: perfectable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...family's good traits, none of the bad. Ridan was an incorrigible people-hater who ran away with his exercise boys. Lt. Stevens once threw Jockey Johnny Heckmann so heavily that Heckmann was out of action for two months. Moccasin, insists Trainer Harry Trotsek, 53, is "a perfect lady," so mild-mannered and businesslike that Trotsek refuses to take any personal credit for her success. "Good horses," he says, "overcome all sorts of things-including their trainers...
Though The Ipcress File is certainly not another Third Man, director Sidney Furie has turned out an entertaining yarn, a spy film that's more than just a series of hair raising events punctuated by bullets and judo chops. Michael Caine seems perfect as third man, childishly impudent yet amazingly tough, and Sue Lloyd makes an attractive girl Friday. While you're waiting for Thunderball, you can't do much better in the way of vicarious adventure...
...then--utter disaster. Four of five games ended in a thoroughly illogical manner. Today, however, prospects look bright for a perfect record on a thoroughly uninspiring slate of Ivy games...
...first method would have depended for conference on perfect timing. The characters would have had to establish, by pause and gesture alone, a basic emotional rhythm. The surface chatter would have served as ironical counterpoint. The blend would have caught the spirit of the play perfectly...
...operation continued to dribble out. Moyers revealed that before the first announcement was made on Oct. 5th, Johnson had brought Dwight Eisenhower to Washington to seek his advice on news treatment of a presidential illness. Dr. Hallenbeck subsequently disclosed that his medical team had held two rehearsals, primarily to perfect emergency procedures in case the President suffered heart difficulty while undergoing surgery...