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Word: perfection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...very amusing", chuckled Mr. Hazard, "They generally want something. One time a boy came in, with prominent New England ancestors and all that, and asked me point blank to introduce him to Miss Groody, the star in my show. Now, I couldn't do that. He was a perfect stranger, you know. But I told him that he might get some friends of hers, and suggested he try Captain Harrigan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: John Hazard Is Unsympathetic Toward Ambitious Harvard Man--Has Doubts About Funny Papers and Some Invitations | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...question of diet was a big one. I was warned under no circumstances should an actress permit herself to get fat. This also applies to college men. I warn them against ice cream potatoes, cake, rice, or anything with much sugar if they want to keep their perfect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MARILYN MILLER ADVISES LIGHT EATING AND TEMPERANCE TO HARVARD STUDENTS WHO WOULD GAIN ACTRESS FAME | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

Mind & Soul. "Under our institutions the only way to perfect our government is to perfect the individual citizen. It is necessary to reach the mind and the soul of the individual. I know of no way that this can be done save through the influences of religion and education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Moral Preceptor | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...dusk descended the Hercules coasted down through a light mist at Marseille, just beyond the Western extremity of the French Riviera, Next day, amid perfect weather, they flew East and South along the entire French and Italian Riviera to Naples-averaging 93½ miles an hour. As morning dawned again the Hercules bellowed up through a driving rain to the clear skies above and flew 350 miles over sea to the British Island of Malta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMONWEALTH: Air Lady | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...Dismount and advance one of your number," I suggested; for plenty of natives speak perfect French and it was also much too dark to see the man's face...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alumnus Tells of Raids, Escapes, and Revelry in the Sahara Desert | 1/8/1927 | See Source »

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