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Word: perfected (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...midst of a perfect pandemonium of insults, assaults, challenges, blows, accusations, threats and other manifestations of a risen anger, Benito Mussolini, Premier of Italy, held his ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Flaming Oratory | 1/12/1925 | See Source »

...small; his book is, however, too small to save him from the misrepresentations he feared. In the main, he tells alike of his successes and his failures, his love for Josephine, the reason for his escape from Elba, etc. The sentences are short, sometimes overbearing, sometimes modest-a perfect tally with Napoleon's character. If the manuscript is a forgery-this is unlikely, for, as the translator remarks, Napoleon "went out of his way" to disavow it-it is only possible to congratulate the forger on his vicarious cerebrations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: New Books | 12/29/1924 | See Source »

Meantime, the Albanian Legation at Rome said tersely: "Such news is groundless. Perfect tranquillity prevails throughout Albania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALBANIA: Joust | 12/22/1924 | See Source »

...Perfect Creature loved by great artists, famed composers, married a young and stupid chemical engineer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elsie | 12/22/1924 | See Source »

...have to go through all the motions of taking the photographs. Sometimes the slide will stick, or the camera may not be in working order. Nothing like this can be allowed to happen on the day of the eclipse. We must be absolutely sure that everything is in perfect order, and we must practice for speed. In the past, I have often had the stop watch on me, as I practiced changing the slides. A few seconds makes all the difference in the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY PREPARES TO PHOTOGRAPH CORONA OF SUN'S ECLIPSE | 12/19/1924 | See Source »

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