Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Perfect Furlough (Universal-International) is an almost perfect formula farce. The formula...
...gets off to a brisk start with Cliché No. 1: an Army outpost in the Arctic, in which 104 G.I.s sit stiff with boredom. Until Cliché No. 2, a gorgeous psychologist (Janet Leigh) of the WAC, recommends a policy of vicarious leave-send one man on a perfect furlough and let the others enjoy themselves thinking about it. The scheme naturally produces Cliché No. 3, a shamelessly corporeal corporal (Tony Curtis), who wins the raffle and is shipped off to spend three weeks in Cliché No. 4, Paris, with Cliché No. 5, a South American...
...resembled an old-fashioned washing machine but was of course so very much more than that, could wring out any piece of English prose that a skillful scholar introduced to its slithery maw. The Harvard English Department, never remiss in its respect for venerability, kept the criticism machine in perfect working order, oiling it, polishing it, loving...
...third Eagle goal was classically executed. Captain Joe Jangro took the puck down the right alley, drawing two Crimson defenders who seemed to be unaware of the speedy Ron Walsh on the left wing. The latter received a perfect pass in the middle of the ice, took all the time he needed and faked Pratt beautifully...
...Right! No Wrong! All's perfect, evermore...