Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rusty water ran from the taps, and showers overshot their marks in the newly refitted bathrooms. Dust blew out of air-conditioners and the movie projector blacked out several times. But luxury-starved Britons cared little for such minor hitches. At the end of two days under a perfect summer sky, a svelte passenger stood by the ship's side inhaling the soft night air. Suddenly she caught sight of a dockside below littered with trucks, bales and dingy trains. "Oh, my God," she exclaimed, "how ghastly to see the Southern Railway again...
Once Professor Harper wrote of an author (Katherine Mansfield) whom he admired: "There are no perfect men or women, but now and then comes one who, feeling most joyously 'the loveliness of the world' and most poignantly 'the corruption of the world,' strives more successfully to make the loveliness known and to drive out the corruption." The words might have been applied to George McLean Harper himself, when he died last week...
...reason that the play is not produced more often is that it requires an intelligent and mature production far beyond the capacities of any of our repertory companies. There is very little lacking in the Gielgud production. After a reasonably perfect rendering of "The Importance of Being Earnest" in Boston and New York, the company was enlarged for the present, more ambitions work. The chief addition is Cyril Ritchard, who plays Tattle, described in the program as "a half-witted bean, vain of his amours, yet valuing himself for secrecy." Favored with the most rewarding role, Ritchard struts about, using...
...make his official presentation, the Pope noticed that a third shifting of the tusks was about to take place. He held the King's attention until both tusks were pointed toward him. Then King Pedro turned, unaware of the averted crisis, and indicated his gifts, now in perfect order. The Pope threw up his hands in amazement. "How long?" he asked. "The longest," answered the King of the Congo solemnly. Then he hurried back to take his humble place behind the Portuguese Ambassador...
Manager Billy Meyer suggested calling for a relief pitcher, but DeRose shook his head and kept going. He threw exactly 93 pitches and did not allow a man to reach first base. It was the first perfect game in the history of the American Association, and the first in baseball's upper layers since Charley Robertson pitched a perfect game for the Chicago White...