Word: perfectible
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pattern of defeat had been cast for the afternoon. It was to be an Eli event all the way. With the exception of a brilliant win in the J.V. lightweight race, which kept the talented boat in possession of a perfect record for '79, Harvard was to be a bridesmaid, never a bride, for the rest...
...version of public discussion--asking people to "read my letters"--has proven unsatisfactory and evasive. If he is truly committed to promoting reasoned debate on the subject of divestiture, he now had a perfect opportunity to prove it by accepting Tsongas's challenge...
...awful sonnet-he eventually pronounces its creation a "hangable" offense-he does not seem unkind. Scolding Célimène incessantly about her other suitors, he conveys not only jealousy, but some idealistic, crazy, husbandly delusion that she can be transformed into the only perfect being in the world...
Nurthen served Kelley a perfect pitch to bunt, but the junior missed the ball completely and Marshall was nailed easily at home...
Kelley then came up. "We were trying the 'double squeeze' play, where the runner on second takes off on the wind-up and the runner on third when the pitcher starts to throw. Bobby (Kelley) is one of our best bunters, and being one run down it was a perfect situation for the play," coach Alex Nahigian said afterwards...