Word: spotlessness
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...thesis of his book is that rather than destroying or humiliating Alger Hiss, adversity has brought out his best qualities. It is a mixed picture though. "People who have an explanation for Al's behavior these days tend to see him either as an unregenerate old villain or a spotless martyr," he writes. "But I'm in a curious position and don't have to see him as saint or sinner...
...years ago I spoiled an otherwise spotless fifth grade career by failing to produce for Miss Capponetti of Rosemont Elementary School a three-page handwritten report on colonial American shipbuilding, a topic which continues to exert an uncanny soporific effect...
...Radcliffe basketball team suffered the first blemish on its otherwise spotless record this season by losing 61-46 to a tenacious Bentley squad last night...
Breaking Bread. Clad in her spotless blue-bordered white sari, Mother Teresa, who ministers to the starving people of Calcutta (TIME, Dec. 29), was the cynosure of the congress. At the world-hunger symposium, the diminutive nun prayed over a table laden with bread, then broke a loaf of bread and invited those in attendance to do likewise to symbolize the sharing of food. To her, both the U.S. and India are in deep trouble. "There is spiritual poverty and there is material poverty," she told her audience of 6,000 faithful, "and I think each...
Following the recessional, a horse-drawn landau elegantly carried the newlyweds through the capital's spotless streets and over flag-draped bridges as some 20 bands filled the air with rousing marches, folk songs and bagpipe tunes. Lining the route were enthusiastic, cheering crowds and honor guards from more than 60 military, civic and private organizations. The long gondolalike Royal Barge, manned by 18 oarsmen in blue Navy dress, took the couple across the Strommen to a lavish luncheon for 300 relatives, friends and official guests at the 680-room Kungliga Slottet (Royal Palace). Afterward, the King...