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Word: perfection (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nations. He derided the value of the proposed SALT II treaty between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. and demonstrated an acute historical grasp of East-West disarmament negotiations. Teng also rejected speculation about a "de-Maoification" campaign but, perhaps more notably, conceded that the Great Helmsman was not perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: An Interview with Teng Hsiao-p'ing | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

...fill the streets and prisons. The BSC actors keep these scenes entertaining and colorful, but they never get their fingernails dirty. They're all having too much fun with the lines to look at them carefully and see their pessimism. Will Lebow as Elbow, the Malaprop-like constable--a perfect pantaloon--steals his few scenes...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Flirting With Justice | 2/3/1979 | See Source »

...Harvard men's squash team kept its perfect record intact by drowning Navy 9-0 in Annapolis, Md. yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen Submarine Middies, 9-0 | 2/3/1979 | See Source »

...team dumped its two opponents by perfect 5-0 scores, losing a total of only four games and winning 30. The B team sailed by Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Off to Quick Start | 2/3/1979 | See Source »

...neighborhood was now the perfect counterpart of his inner state: Its filth and ugliness corresponded to his lust...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Gatsby in Drag | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

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