Word: perfected
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...contributions. The first, a caricature of winged Mercury perched on a fire-plug with beckoning finger, is entitled "Hey! Taxi!" and the other, drawn in collaboration with Cannon, represents a "Design for a Hall Closet by Cecil B. de Mille". The palatial proportions of the chamber featured are a perfect burlesque upon the grandeur so dear to the heart of the cinema producer. It is to be hoped that the President-elect of the Lampoon will continue the contribution generiously to the pages of the publication for which he will be responsible...
...John N. Willys at his annual luncheon there would be a perfect howl of protest. Yet, great as it seems, this increase in motor car fuel and tires would represent only about 50% of what the automobile owner now throws away in depreciation...
...suppose the ? ? would make the correction? Not on your life. Therefore I have a perfect contempt for that periodical. Will you please publish this letter in order to convey to the gentleman from Iowa and thousands of other readers the information that the has misinformed them; furthermore that it is a coward in not correcting its mistake...
...again evident that M. Nemirovitch-Dantchenko's "singing actors" act much better than they sing. From a purely auditory viewpoint the performance was scarcely more than worth attending. The eye, however, was caught, held and delighted by the perfect ensemble pantomime of the chorus, which lolled and sat about at various levels throughout most of the production, and provided a sort of "visual accompaniment" to the action which centred about the main characters...
Excitement ran high, when, with the score standing 26-23 in favor of the University, and only two minutes more of play, Captain Smith caged the sphere once from the floor, and followed up with a perfect goal from fouls...