Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gumshoe. In Toledo, while investigating a murder. Sheriff's Captain Alfred Bartkowiak excitedly warned other officers to keep away from a "perfect" heel print until a plaster cast could be made, found out next...
...both fish and fly. When the President brought a trout to net, an onlooker called: "Yeah, Ike." The stream, specially stocked with 500 Ibs. of trout by Ike's host, Bal Swan, provided fast action for the rest of the day. White House correspondents couldn't keep perfect tab on the President's catch because part of the time he was screened by boulders, bushes and trees. Next day the New York Times infuriated Press Secretary Jim Hagerty by saying that Ike had caught more than the legal limit of ten trout. More important than the number...
...building in Bacolod, the longest trial in the history of the province came to an end. As 2,000 Negrenses jammed the corridors, Judge Eduardo Enriquez rendered his verdict (there is no jury system in the Philippines). He traced Lacson's rise to power, his private army, his "perfect and coordinated" system of political murder. Then the judge faltered. He recalled that he himself and Lacson had been college classmates: they had been "more than friends-like brothers." The judge began to tremble but managed to say: "However, circumstances arise when the loyalty of friendship must give way . . ." Tears...
...believe I'd know a plumber, electrician or carpenter if I saw one. I haven't hired one for years") sure pats himself on the back and slaps labor. So nobody hires carpenters, plumbers and electricians, and then no one buys Republic Steel. A perfect setup. We all starve...
...Angeles TV studio last week, a pretty blonde actress faced the cameras for a special kind of screen test. Looking at her image, a panel of cosmetics experts gave their verdict: her makeup was perfect. After a solid year of experiment, a makeup had been invented that looked natural before the glaring new eye of color TV. The inventor: Hollywood's Max Factor & Co., whose concern with improving human looks before both cameras and kitchen stoves has made its name synonymous with glamour all over the world...