Word: perfected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Shotwell of Columbia University to the Council of the League of Nations last June, "you are mistaken. What you really ought to do is to outlaw war." Here the Professor's nine coadjutors clapped a hearty endorsement. The "American Plan" (TIME, June 30), while by no means a perfect instrument, was the first to have any actual elements in it. For example...
...cold weather yesterday did not stop Coach Haines' from giving his Freshmen crew candidates their first work-out on the good ship "Leviathan". With the 20 oars swinging in anything but perfect unison, the huge barge swept up and down the Charles with each new set of candidates. This total lack of symmetry is explained by the fact that none of the oarsmen ever rowed in a shell, and the resemblance they bore to the sweep-swinger slaves in the "Sea-Hawk" will probably disappear after a few weeks more under Coach Haines. The "Leviathan" has proved a successful invention...
...sartorially perfect Herbert Heyes who took the part of Kenneth Dodge seemed a little stage struck and even went so far as to take off and put on his straw hat thirty-one times (by actual count) in the first...
...ever have perfect international understanding and preserve, at the same time, a love for our own country and a sense of its special importance...
...plays they made a first down 14 yards from the goal. Following another gain, they advanced the ball to the five-yard line on an offside penalty. The Crimson players then held for three downs. It looked as if they would keep their goal unmolested for another day. A perfect pass from Gillies to Sanchez, who stood quite unnoticed ten yards behind the goal, finished the episode quickly...