Word: perfects
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...means a Bolshevik, Mr. Morrison always turns up at Council meetings in an impeccably pressed tailcoat. He has been called "precise, businesslike, even stodgy, the perfect administrator." On taking office he found in his lap a nest egg of ?2,000,000, salted away in London County Council's treasury by Conservatives. Last week Perfect Administrator Morrison, having run through his nest egg, made London householders wince by taking steps to raise their rates (taxes) to the extortionate percentage of seven shillings in the pound (31%). Said "Next Prime Minister"* Morrison: "The money has gone in treating...
...Prime Minister, on this showing, the Perfect Administrator can be counted on to unbalance Britain's budget and get the Empire magnificently out of gear in the name of Humanity and Dietetics. Feeling that a "national emergency" exists in the fact that Herbert Morrison today is probably the people's choice, members of His Majesty's Government were believed last week to have up their sleeves a scheme to block 1936's scheduled general election and keep the Perfect Administrator out of No. 10 Downing St. until...
...Walküre Brünnhilde is a high-spirited amazon, a goddess sired and loved by Wotan who punishes her by making her mortal and banishing her to a rock surrounded by fire. In Siegfried the perfect hero penetrates the flames and Brünnhilde is a woman radiantly in love. In Götterdämmerung the emotional range is so extended that few singers have been able to compass it successfully. In the first act a great Brünnhilde must be tender, exuberantly happy. In the second act bewilderment turns to blazing rage. Under the spell...
...before, never had an orchestra rehearsal, never practiced with any member of the cast. Withal she seemed sure and confident on the stage. Her strong rich voice was expressive in every phase, her gestures admirably restrained. Most critics led their readers to believe that her interpretation was practically perfect. But Madame Flagstad is not yet a titan, though she exhibited great spirit when she managed her own horse, sang bravely into his ear no matter how the beast twitched and scuffed...
Profitless Prosperity. Anti-New Dealers had a perfect example of profitless prosperity when Chrysler Corp., reporting 1934 sales at a five-year high of $362,000,000, announced net profits of $9,534,000. In 1933, with $123,578,000 less sales, Chrysler earned...