Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...love it. We know now the university is going to be ours," said Gallaudet graduate student Paul Singleton, who is deaf. "He's the perfect president, the perfect selection...
Linda Sanford, co-author of "Women and Self-Esteem", spoke on the ways in which men and women view themselves. She said men are taught to build their identities around things they do well, while women are taught to "gain redemption by struggling and striving to be perfect," she said...
...champion of the 600-ship Navy, is Bush's heavyweight sidekick for the day (yesterday it was Barry Goldwater). When Lehman mentions that Michael Dukakis advocates saving $18 billion by eliminating two carrier task forces, Teeley, who has been sitting in on the conversation, immediately sees it as the perfect item to highlight Bush's speech at the Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. Teeley urges Bush to add a new note card for his speech. Bush agrees and Teeley drafts four new sentences, based on Lehman's unchecked assertion...
...Meissner effect, named after German Physicist Walther Meissner, is defined as the exclusion of a magnetic field. The Stephenson effect, named after TIME Picture Editor Michele Stephenson, is defined as the solution to the problem of producing a perfect photograph to illustrate an impossibly complex story. The picture behind Stephenson, in which a swinging ceramic ball is being repelled by a horseshoe magnet, is an ingenious portrayal of superconductivity, one of the most promising new scientific frontiers. The Meissner effect picture by TIME's Bill Pierce, which appeared in our Aug. 10, 1987, issue, won the prestigious Budapest Award, given...
...Federated managers, Macy's entrance made perfect sense. They were reassured by Finkelstein's retailing record and his interest in keeping Federated's prime chains. By a unanimous vote, Federated directors accepted Macy's bid. But stockholders may not follow. Because Macy's offer involves cash and a future stock swap of Federated shares for shares in the new firm, * the value is unclear. The two bids are believed to be comparable, but Federated stockholders have to decide whether they want a payoff now from Campeau or bet on the fate of Macy's-Federated...