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Word: perfection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...factors accouting for the greatness of these three Bluesmen (and one of the chief weaknesses of white Blues) is the perfect integration of the singing style and lyrics with a complementary instrumental style. This is essential, for in the Blues the instrument, like the voice, is an extension of the Bluesman, his suffering, his pain, his love, his soul and his ability to express his feelings through his Blues...

Author: By James C. Gutman, | Title: B.B. King Is King of the Blues--Black Music That Whites Now Dig | 2/27/1969 | See Source »

...which became Chicago Blues through Bluesmen like Elmore James and was transformed into Modern Urban Blues by B. B. King. Hendrix may, in truth, be the spiritual heir of Robert Johnson. He is the most innovative and modern guitarist on the contemporary Rock scene. King may be the most perfect Blues guitarist alive but his style is of another era. If Blues is to continue to exist it must evolve and Hendrix seems to be leading that revolution. If Rock is to survive it must go back to its roots and again Hndrix is there...

Author: By James C. Gutman, | Title: B.B. King Is King of the Blues--Black Music That Whites Now Dig | 2/27/1969 | See Source »

...seemed so perfect when we were in Cambridge. The pieces fit and all the activity seemed "relevant." The staff meetings, the smaller, more "meaningful" discussion groups, the time spent with titles like Ethnicity and Assimilation: An Analytic Model, all somehow seemed to add tot the legitimacy of what we were going to do for the next three months. We had even offset a pithy, tersely cogent "Program Outline" which ran for five full pages...

Author: By James Q. Wilson, | Title: FOCUS in Perspective: Between Shadow and Act | 2/27/1969 | See Source »

...already legendary Nayar, who is perhaps the best individual performer in any sport Harvard has ever had, climaxed a perfect season with a narrow 3-2 victory over Sam Howe in the finals...

Author: By A. J. Daly, | Title: Harvard's Nayar Wins U.S. Squash Crown | 2/25/1969 | See Source »

Millhiser had won twelve diving eventts before Saturday, and nearly preserved his perfect record, but could not quite match Murphy, the Eastern three-meter champ two years...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Crimson Defeats Cornell Tankers | 2/24/1969 | See Source »

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