Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...YORK, Oct. 2--Whitey Ford, chunky New York Yankee left-hander, whipped Milwaukee's Warren Spahn in today's World Series opener 3-1 while 69,476 basked in the warm sunshine of a perfect fall afternoon...
...first year by working the graveyard shift as a cop on the U.S. Capitol police force. Says he: "The chief had a motley aggregation. One fellow had one leg and I was only five foot one. The chief didn't like that very well. I had a perfect record though-didn't make an arrest...
LEONCAVALLO: "The perfect selection for carpet sweeping is the chorus in the first act of I Pagliacci, which opens 'Din, don.' Although this chorus seems to be an effort to get everyone into church, I know it is for carpet sweeping because it is introduced by several vigorous 'Andiam's' intended to get me started...
PUCCINI: "Perfect for ironing. One needs some lush, lyrical and isolated selection to get one through a cotton blouse or dress. Puccini is particularly good if one does not have a steam iron and has to dampen things. One can cry automatically, gently and without despair, which helps in the dampening...
...painting was similar to one drawn by Germany's famed Gothic draftsman Albrecht Dürer. Invited down to tea to examine the painting at first hand, Art Dealer Carritt was certain. Other experts were called in, agreed. The painting, which proved to be in almost perfect condition, was estimated to be worth $560,000. Asked if he intended to sell, Sir Edmund, possessor not only of a Dürer but of a title (Baronet of Redgrave) that goes back to the first Elizabeth, snapped, "Definitely not. We are letting far too many of this sort of thing...