Word: perfective
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KIDMAN: Another perfect example...
...present tax code," said Democratic Congressman J.J. Pickle of Texas, "these figures should convince them." Pickle, who requested the report, is advocating a minimum-tax provision on personal income. The study, said a White House spokesman, "shows that fat cats pay little or no money. It's a perfect example of why the President wants tax reform." But tax-reform experts point out that many of the major loopholes used by the wealthy would not be closed by the President's tax-reform plan...
...broke smoothly and whirled through the first two laps in perfect position just behind the early leaders with Coe right on Cram's back. Coe stayed with his younger rival through the third lap, and for a moment, at the bell for the final lap, Coe seemed to be gaining. But then Cram, whose shock of curly blond hair, perfect legs and finely sculpted features give him the look of a Greek demigod, began to turn up the burners, rolling faster and faster with no apparent strain. As the field stretched out in the last lap, he was simply flying...
...attendance had crash-dived from 2.6 million at the 1976 crest of the Red Machine to 1.2 million in 1983. For his turnstile appeal, certainly not his .259 batting average, Rose was called home last August. He singled and doubled in his first game, slid himself into a perfect mudball, and hit .365 the rest of the year. He could take his time with Cobb after that, and he has. Platooning at first base with another reclaimed icon, Tony Perez, 43, Rose sees to the right-handed pitchers. Though a switch hitter, he bats predominantly left-handed...
...what old NASA hands affectionately call an Eddie Air Force Base kind of day: blue sky, visibility of 45 miles, perfect for a landing. And as the space shuttle Challenger touched down last week on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 95° heat, kicking up petticoats of dust, a flight that had begun in near disaster ended in triumph. Declared Mission Manager Roy Lester: "Even with a rough start, we achieved excellent science...