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Word: perfection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...steps of the greatest college library in the world proved to be a perfect sounding-board for the music of the band and the cheers of the crowd, and, thanks to a temporary microphone system, even the speeches were audible. Head Coach Art Valpey spoke first, and while he "felt it would be inhospitable to say much about tomorrow's game," he assured the crowd that "they could be proud of the team...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Rally on Widener Steps Ends Pre-Game Hoopla | 11/20/1948 | See Source »

...start of the '46 season. As athletic director and head football coach of the 800-man school, he lost only one game in his two-year stay--the second game of his opening season. From then until November of '47 two ties were the only marks on an otherwise perfect record...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Backfield Coach Nelson Was Here Before . . . With Harmon and West fall | 11/19/1948 | See Source »

Fullback Jerry Glynn scored first on a short plunge in the second period, and three minutes later end Joe Eaton caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Sam Fordyce. At the end of the third quarter, tailback Willie Thompson drove over for the final score. Jacques Winter booted three perfect extra points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Defeats Eliot 21-0, Grabs House Grid Title | 11/17/1948 | See Source »

Valpey, however, stated that until the medicos inform him O'Donnell is in perfect health his game plans do not include...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Varsity Polishes Eli Offense, Defense in Contact Session | 11/17/1948 | See Source »

...good Communist, and an executive of the Czechoslovak Press Bureau, Jiri Hronek continually wondered how the press might be improved. Last week delegates to a Czech newsmen's congress in Prague found that Hronek had worked out a program to make the Czechoslovakian press perfect-in the same sense as the Russian press is perfect. Excerpts from his statement in the Communist weekly Tvorba (Construction) as reported by the Associated Press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Truth in Prague | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

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