Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class games were held yesterday afternoon on Holmes field in the presence of three hundred people. There was little wind, the track was in good condition, and had the temperature been a few degrees higher, the conditions for fast time would have been perfect. The following is a complete list on the entries and winner of each event...
...close of the play the actors received a perfect ovation from the audience, which would not be satisfied until they had twice responded...
Thomas' second appearance is at the last supper. When Christ says, "Whither I go ye know, and the way ye know," he interrupts saying, "We know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way?" Here we have a perfect illustration of the agnostic spirit of this age, a spirit the fault of which is that it is of the intellect rather than of the heart. There is a lack of faith. And so in the last scene in which Thomas appears, the one of the text, there is a lack of faith in all things which...
...shoot against the visitors; and a good team can be chosen only from a good number of candidates. Thus if we hope to make a good showing in the proposed tournament, as many men as can should offer themselves as candidates for the team, and by constant shooting, perfect themselves to such a degree as to get places on the team, or at any rate to raise the standard of shooting above what it is now. There are a few men who are present at almost every shoot, and those, in almost every case, are the men who make...
...approval of leading educational and dramatic authorities. At Columbia college the students were given a half-holiday, and at the conclusion of the matinee witnessed by them, they gave loud calls for the author. In the Boston production at the Hollis Street Theatre, there will be shown as perfect a reproduction of the ancient Greek theatre of Sophocles time as is possible on a modern stage. Yet under Mr. David Belasco's stage management, the "Electra" will have a complete theatrical finish, with a thoroughness of stage effects, lights, casting and ensemble never before attempted in a classic play...