Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...have a cynical approach to war. They believe in three things: liberty, payday and that when two Marines are together in a fight, one is being wasted . . . They are proud, sensitive and haughty to the point of boorishness with other military organizations. A Marine's concept of a perfect battle is to have other Marines on the right and left flanks, Marine aircraft overhead and Marine artillery and Naval gunfire backing them...
...with the outside water pressure. Although doctors doubt it can be done, Bucher plans to attempt 148 ft. after returning from the underwater big game hunt. Bucher has his own reply to the medical men: "Even 164 ft. is not beyond human possibility for a person who is in perfect physical condition and gifted in diving technique...
...seven years later, shared by a majority of the critics on both sides of the Atlantic. Even those who did not like Charles Chaplin's self-conscious new film, Limelight, showered Claire, his leading lady, with such adjectives as "poignant," "delightful," "brilliant," "touching," "charming," "perfect." This week in London, Claire is winding up the second month of a triumphant Romeo and Juliet at the historic Old Vic theater. She has been hailed as the most enchanting Juliet in memory...
...Manhattan, at 25, she was broke and developing "a perfect passion for earning money, don't care much how I earn it." A fling at acting didn't help, but soon her stories under the name of Nancy Boyd broke the pinch of poverty. By 1920 magazines were competing for her poetry: "Oh, Lud! Have you noticed how Vanity Fair is featuring me of late? They just can't seem to go to print without me. And the New Republic is writing to me in longhand begging for a crumb of verse." From that time...
...coaches Eliot in the House League and the Elephants own a perfect record of six victories. Staley's Leverett team is in second place with five wins...