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Word: perfection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...country to standard gauge; 2) eliminate the steep grades and kinky turns that cause most wrecks; 3) gradually modernize rolling stock. The President called on his Finance Minister to find the necessary funds, which will probably be raised through new taxation. "The railways," Aleman said flatly, "will be in perfect state before my administration is over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Clear the Track | 4/25/1949 | See Source »

...which has been cited, simply because it is a perfect illustration of the new theory on How to Win Baseball Games. Of course, it may be old stuff to Billy Southworth; but, if so, he has been keeping it to himself...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 4/22/1949 | See Source »

...true that the occupation statute was far from perfect, and that it contained seeds of future allied wrangling and German frustration. But Russia still maintained her unrelenting pressure to wreck

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Agreement on Germany | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...polo jargon, one notch short of perfect. For handicap purposes, rated players are graded each year by the polo association of each country on the basis of all-round performance, from zero goals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Four Old Horsemen | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...superior to the usual libretto nonsense; it is quite the equal, in fact, of the usual movie yarn. To all those for whom the plot's the thing, for whom heartbeats are more important than dance steps, South Pacific will seem-as it may well be-a perfect union of film and footlights. For others, a musical play will have to rank a bit higher as drama than South Pacific, if the loss in dancing, décor, and musicomedy's festal airs is not to smack of larceny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Apr. 18, 1949 | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

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