Word: perfectible
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...German Gothic cathedral, constructed to commemorate the Civil War dead. Plagued for almost a century by its non-functioning heaters in the numbing winters, super-retention of heat in the sweltering summers, and the perennial disturbance of sirens emanating from the fire station across the street, the otherwise perfect concert hall was shunned not only by performing groups, but kept audiences snug in the coziness of their homes and dorms while marvelous concerts were played to near empty houses...
...will be as cohesive as Young's birdroom and at times advisers have been known to dip deep down in the request form, matching two people who have made obscure references to Sherlock Holmes. But the dean's office is the first to admit that the process isn't perfect. And if you feel yo've been the victim of a bum trade, don't hesitate to get back into the draft pool and find another, more compatible roommate...
...Americans," Walt Whitman wrote in the 1850s, "are going to be the most fluent and melodious-voiced people in the world, and the most perfect users of words." The line was more hopeful than prophetic. Today, many believe that the American language has lost not only its melody but a lot of its meaning. Schoolchildren and even college students often seem disastrously ignorant of words; they stare, uncomprehending, at simple declarative English. Leon Botstein, president of New York's Bard College, says with glum hyperbole: "The English language is dying, because it is not taught. " Others believe that...
...offered her a position as a party reporter for the paper's Style section. Quinn accepted, and as she began to leave Bradlee asked her to leave some samples of her writing. She replied that she had never written anything before. Unabashed, Bradlee shrugged and said, "Well, nobody's perfect...
...true or not, Sally Quinn was an undisputed success as a society reporter, despite her total lack of experience. When CBS contacted her in 1973 about a position as co-anchor of the newly revamped CBS Morning News, she told Gordon Manning, CBS' news director, "I have the perfect job at the Post, I'm deliriously happy there, and I have no intention whatsoever of leaving." But she did agree to discuss the offer, and the lure of $60,000 a year, the distinction of being the first anchorwoman on TV (Barbara Walters is not, technically, an anchorwoman because...