pristine = 'faultless; perfectly executed'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Good cites, Garson.

JL

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Perhaps the part of the conventional definition associated with "pure"
> and "unspoiled" has facilitated a shift to "faultless" "perfect" and
> "beautiful". I think I may have heard pristine used with this sense
> for decades.
>
> 1980 August 15, Peking Opera
> The Christian Science Monitor [Boston, Mass], Page 19.
> Author: Nancy Goldner (ProQuest)
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> We've all seen somersaults, but you haven't seen elegant ones till
> you've seen the Chinese. The force and clarity and speed of their
> maneuvers are something to behold. In its pristine execution, and in
> the almost austere conception of its choreography, the acrobatics
> become the Peking Opera's most eloquent form of expression.
>
>
> 1985 May 6, Sockers do a number on Strikers
> Evening Tribune (San Diego, CA) -
> Author: Rick Davis, Tribune Sportswriter (NewsBank)
>
> EXCEPT for the fan interest -- which team majority owner Bob Bell says
> he is beginning to wonder about after a gathering of 8,494 showed up
> at the Sports Arena -- it was an occasion when everything seemed to go
> right for the Sockers. For those who like efficiency and pristine
> execution, check out some of the numbers from last night's MISL
> semifinal series opener against the Minnesota Strikers.
> The final score, 8-1 in favor of San Diego, was the club's most
> lopsided playoff victory since shutting out Baltimore 7-0 in Game 2 of
> a MISL championship series two years ago.
>
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> The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools & Techniques - Page 232
> books.google.com
> Susan Pickering Rothamel - 2008 - 304 pages - Preview
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> Too many folks get hung up on exact, pristine execution, and we forget
> that art, like life, is a messy, sloppy, gooey infusion of enthusiasm
> and creativity. The idea behind spritzing uses these 'tactually
> interactive vulcanized tools ...
>
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> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> >> 2011 Louis P. Masur _The Civil War: A Concise History_ (N.Y.: OUP) 38:
> But
> >> there is so much in war that no on can control....Only [Stonewall]
> Jackson's
> >> campaign [in the Shenandoah Valley] seemed pristine, a model of a
> general in
> >> perfect command, executed with bravado.
> >>
> >> JL
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