Word: perfective
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...last year’s “The Five Obstructions,” director Lars Von Trier challenged retired filmmaker Jorgan Leth to remake his 1967 short film, “The Perfect Human,” along an arbitrary set of hindrances that Von Trier had put forth, including restrictions on shooting locations, lengths of frame, even choice of medium. Leth went along with the proposition and was roundly commended by critics for his gamesmanship and the fairly watchable results in the face of the Von Trier hurdles...
...Combine, Fitzpatrick garnered national publicity for his score on the Wonderlic Personnel Test. The economics concentrator reportedly got a perfect score on the 12-minute, 50-question intelligence exam, finishing with enough time to check over his answers...
...errant attempt by Mann to pick off Derrick Durepo from first base allowed Durepo to advance to third, and later, to score on a base hit by Twomley; the tying run was on first. But when Twomley attempted to take second, Mann gunned him out with a perfect strike...
Casual fans have never heard of him, but Silvera has his own following. He was close friends with Mickey Mantle—“Nice guy, great ballplayer” Silvera says of the Mick—and warmed up Don Larsen before his legendary perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Silvera even played with Joe DiMaggio, the Yankee link from the Gehrig/Ruth days to the fifties and sixties of Mickey Mantle...
...about Morgan Brown—the under-appreciated rock of the Crimson infield—dropping down a perfect squeeze bunt with Harvard trailing 5-4 in the sixth, good enough to not only tie the game but also to reach base safely with a single...