Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...freighter had already done. Many crewmen accused their captain of deserting them, but Voutsinas vowed that he had returned, directed the rescue and had been the last to leave the Castle, his first passenger command. "It was the best ship I ever served on," he insisted. "It was in perfect condition...
...General has lived with the present system for most of his 72 years. I "know it has weaknesses," he says, "but everything does. And I never expected the world to be ideal. I'll leave the work of making it perfect to my successors--the boys with the computers...
...view of many power experts, the problem goes far beyond breakaways, centering on the whole question of how to perfect the pool systems so that they can absorb major disturbances without being pulled down. Only two things seemed certain at week's end. It had been, as Texas' Democratic Representative Walter Rogers, chairman of the House Interior Committee's power subcommittee, wryly noted, "a hell of a flick." And it could well happen again...
...Vasseur, they rang the neighbor's doorbell downstairs by mistake, then knocked on Mme. Vasseur's door-and found her son hiding behind a curtain. He could, of course, have easily escaped from France any time before then, but, as he explained, "I was in perfect joy to stay with Maman...
...best production of Tartuffe I have ever seen. It is much clearer to Moliere's intent than the New York production. It is spirited, and in the right spirit; very lively but not unfaithful. Trinity Square is the perfect setting for this production...a good repertory theater production makes Broadway look like an amateur hour...