Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They're round. And perfect. She has covered herself up. And she is now making the number one sign. She's a winner...
...first glance, the union of the personal computer and the compact disc would seem to be a perfect match. The same CD that holds an hour of Mendelssohn or Madonna can be used to store more information than a thousand floppy disks. But the coupling of the two technologies has been stalled by a kind of Catch-22. Computer owners will not buy the special disk drives required to play CDs on their desktop machines until they know there is something worth playing. And software publishers are reluctant to develop new CD programs until there are enough disk drives...
...first thing that goes awry this fine Sunday morning is that Chuck oversleeps, leaving the promised breakfast unmade and each of the Graveses peckish and unsettled. When he finally appears, the man who has so far embodied "Doug's idea of a perfect houseguest in all ways" behaves oddly. He takes advantage of a moment alone with Doug to confide that one of Doug's recently ditched mistresses has been threatening to make trouble, but then assures his host, "This is something that requires no effort at all on your part. I'll see it's taken care...
...situation is perfect," he said. "I'll be with a group of people who take moral issues as seriously and passionately...
...Harvard men's lacrosse team (5-1) let loose a few of its big guns from long distance yesterday and defeated Vermont (3-3), 10-5. The Crimson didn't waste time waiting for the perfect shot, choosing instead to fire away from the outer perimeter in front of 70 spectators at Ohiri Field...