Word: perfected
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Preamble of the Constitution affirms that we are established "in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty." The Articles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as the founding fathers saw it, provided the framework for the accomplishment of these purposes...
...would be far better to ask ourselves whether we have achieved these stated purposes. Have we formed a more perfect Union? Have we ensured domestic tranquillity? Have we established justice? Have we secured the blessings of liberty...
Richards makes this sketch, Bontche Schweig, and the first one, The Tale of Chelm, worthwhile. In making Bontche's request, his one line in the play, he must walk the tightrope between melodrama and pathetic humor, and he does it in perfect balance. The other actors, however, seem too rigid in their parts, as if they were not really communicating with each other; and the directing seems too light, as if it were not forcing the actors to work together. The music of Hovey and de Cornier, and a narrator, help to integrate these two sketches, but the result...
...Drop of a Hat. With perfect timing and teamwork, England's Joke-and-Jingle Experts Michael Flanders and Donald Swann offer the season's most sophisticated...
...swiping the bank's funds, he adds his own money to them, creates total bookkeeping chaos, and rapidly advances toward the presidency when he irons out the bugs. The show was directed too broadly, lacked the requisite British dryness, but in his subdued hilarity, Actor Guinness was perfect...