Word: perfectible
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...breakdown. Her loneliness, guilt, her ancient resentments against her parents for dying and her grandmother for inadvertent cruelty, are all revealed later in the film. In Face to Face, the psychological case is uniformly convincing while the work of art is not. There are still a few perfect, self-contained moments in this film, however, particularly a night-time conversation Jenny overhears between her grandparents...
...less." The great majority of the clerical workers on the third floor are women, and Brown-Beasley takes a biological view of the effect of the machine: "It means that a lady who's been very nervous--it might be that time of the month--can still type letter-perfect checks every day. A lady doesn't have to worry about her cycles...
...GERMAN CHARACTER. There is a certain weakness in our national character tending toward perfectionism. We even make our mistakes in a perfect manner-big mistakes, even crimes. This perfectionist weakness is not something that will evaporate this year or this decade. It's one of those characteristics that have a long period of life in the development of a nation. People also attribute to Germans a certain amount of discipline. This, I hope, will not quickly vanish...
...Kris Kristofferson), which her son also observes intently through his knothole. Jonathan liked Jim when they first met, thought him strong, worldly and commanding, but soon has a new viewpoint. Mom's sailor may have been fine on the ocean, where he was part of "the pure and perfect order of things," but away from his rightful place, he becomes an imperfect creature, a subject of jealousy and contempt who must be done away with. Jonathan consults the Chief, who had previously persuaded his minions to dispatch the family cat. The Chief sees no reason why the boys should...
Coach Mark Driscoll, commenting afterwards on his team's near-perfect season, said his players "hustled, and what more can a coach ask for?" Driscoll predicted that one or two of this year's J.V. players will start on next year's varsity squad...