Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Exeter team, at home on their large court and eager to avenge a previous loss to the Crimson, played a near-perfect ball game and twice were 14 points ahead of the Freshmen. Effectively bottling up pivot man John Rockwell with a tall center who was used against the Crimson high-scorer exclusively, the Exonians won on their accurate shooting and shrewd court strategy...
Robert Flemming and Jane Baxter are more than perfect as Algy and Cecily, but the brave attempts of Pamela Brown, miscast in the part of Gwendolyn, are somewhat negated by her unfittingly low voice. The decor by Motley is more than suitable: it rivals the more famous work of Cecil Beaton on this year's "Lady Windermere...
Snapping back strongly after a long exam-period lull, the Varsity squash team smashed out two quick wins last week, 8-1 over Amherst on Friday followed by a decisive 5-1 shellacing of Trinity the next day. A perfect slate was marred only by two defeats suffered by Adam Foster, playing number one, who was set back by the top man of both opposing squads...
...Soon she settled down to trying out her own creations while Malsin ran the business. He started retailing maternity wear by mail, added "stylish stouts," based "on the laws of optics, psychology and color." Making clothes for stout women, said Malsin, was not just making outsized versions of the "perfect 36." It was like camouflaging ships, the object being "to deceive the eye . . . as to the ship's size, its course and its speed...
...Howard Strickling, Arthur Hornblow. One by one they filed in to look over their corporate purchase. They were charmed by this lovely girl. They recognized her at once as a lady. They thought that she handled herself well. In fact, they were more convinced than ever that she was perfect for Kay, The Hucksters' heroine. Said Deborah later: "It was like being anesthetized. I was cross-eyed looking at everybody...