Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...head of Britain's mission to the Paris conference last summer, Sir Oliver has a perfect understanding of the Marshall Plan from the European perspective. As Europe's representative in Washington for further talks last fall, he is equally equipped to interpret the U.S. point of view...
...they rode through the gentle, starlit night, Major Ehrgott saw much to depress him: a soldier in the probing point of the column rode a highly visible white horse; there were no security guards riding on the flanks; officers smoked cigarettes, and the men talked loudly. It was a perfect setup for an ambush. But there were no ambushes...
...defends final examinations on the ground that they can ever be absolutely balanced, complete, or fair. The briefness of the writing period, the rigidity of the examination form, and the large range of possible questions in almost any course make the perfect examination and ideal for which no teacher can struggle very hard. In addition, the instructor in charge of the course has extreme freedom in drawing up the test and may use great discretion in choosing and weighting the questions...
...confused and unfair room rent discrepancies. The cases of occupants of small, evamped rooms being charged higher rents than those living in more spacious and desirable suites are too numerous under the present sealing system for current prices to seem other than haphazard. Any increase in rent affords a perfect opportunity to iron out these iniquities...
...very seldom that the direction of a theatrical performance is so very brilliant, so perfect that it shines through the individual characterizations and through the play itself. Such was the case last night at the Colonial, where the skillful hand of Director Peter Ashmore was even more prominent than the oh-so Shavian phrases of G.. B. Shaw and the excellences of the acting. Mr. Ashmore showed himself to be a master of style, to have a fine sense of movement, and to understand completely and sympathetically the temperament of the piece and the period with which...