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Word: perfection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Shanghai, 13 hours before the big game in Philadelphia, Army kicked off to Navy in the China Bowl game. It was strictly G.I.: 10,000 uniformed Americans jammed Shanghai's Canidrome (dog track). Navy won, 12-to-0. That made the day perfect for Navy's coach, craggy-faced, beaming Lieut. Commander Andrew James ("Swede") Oberlander, Dartmouth All-America, a football immortal of the golden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: China Bowl | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...movie audiences, they believe that "anything is physically and materially possible, including perfect happiness. . . . [They are] a race of people who operate intellectually on the level of the New York Daily News, morally on that of Dayton, Tennessee, and politically and economically in a total vacuum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Critic's Goodbye | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...combine beauty, great good humor and saintly dignity even while swinging a baseball bat. Taking her role seriously, Actress Bergman played it without make-up (with no damage to her good looks), visited parochial schools to see how nuns actually behave, wore ballet slippers under her robes to perfect a gliding step. Bergman fans, delighted that their idol is currently appearing in three hit pictures, will have a hard time choosing a favorite from the nun in Bells, the New Orleans cocotte in Saratoga Trunk and the lady psychiatrist in Spellbound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Dec. 10, 1945 | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...persuaded the captain to retake his seat, then came to our table to apologize. The Russian officer cut him short: 'It's you Germans who are the cause of all this. Get away from here.' Lieut. Pablov then walked over to the American captain, said in perfect English, 'Don't worry about it, I wish I were back home myself.' Pablov offered his hand. The American captain took it, turned back to his bottle. Red-faced, the German manager retreated to the kitchen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Hands Across the Half-Seas Over | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

Dick Harlow will not find his team at peak strength for the encounter, for Leo Flynn, sparkplug of the Cantabs' offense all season until his injury in the Merchant Marine game, will see little if any action in the Bowl. With his leg in almost perfect shape for the final contest this week, he pulled the tendon once again in a practice session Wednesday. Right end Bob-Champion is also a doubtful starter, but the chances are that he will see considerably more action than will Flynn...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Harlow's 'Informals' Set to Muzzle Favored Yale Bulldog Tomorrow | 11/30/1945 | See Source »

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