Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...planes and completed its contract a full month ahead of schedule. Said Brigadier General William T. Thurman, Air Force procurement officer for the contract: "The contract turned out to include a lot more profit than contemplated. But it was reasonably good procurement, even though hindsight shows it was not perfect...
...president of River Oaks. Banker Hubbard was in perfect position to make the dodge pay off indefinitely. But a suspicious officer of another bank boggled at several cashier's checks drawn on River Oaks State last fall, and he tipped the state bank examiner, who started investigating. In short order Hubbard resigned and River Oaks State Bank closed. The FBI was brought in, spent ten months tracking down thousands of checks written on 47 accounts in twelve banks and cashed as far away as Wichita, Kans. On their evidence, the grand jury cracked down. U.S. District Attorney Heard Floore...
...seems to be under the impression that the theatre has something to do with life--by citing for us the French company of Cannes and the classic theatre of Japan, two schools that have nothing to do with 'method' acting. To say that the goal of acting is a perfect photograph of human behavior is to say that poetry must not be poetical or music musical...
...well-paced scene from the First Part of Henry IV, Gervasi excelled as Prince Hal. He acts with confidence and precision, and utilizes gestures and facial expressions with perfect appropriateness...
...Conroy, who played the priest in the Broadway original. His performance rightly won him two awards as the best supporting actor of the season, and it has lost none of its mastery. His years of playing Shakespeare in London have stood him in good stead, and he projects with perfect clarity even when his back is to the audience. Conroy is here only this week, so try to get to the show by Saturday. If you cant, go anyway next week; Conroy's role will be taken by Chris Gampel, who is a fine, reliable actor...