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Word: perfects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...time now for us to perfect and regularize the position of the spiritual leader of our church. . . . We no longer harbor imaginary fears regarding the creation of a permanent See, without additional jurisdiction, from which the spiritual affairs of the church may be wisely and disinterestedly guided. . . . Frankly I cannot fathom the concern sometimes expressed in the use of one of the most ancient, democratic and venerable titles of the Christian Church. Nobody is fearful of an archdeacon. The most democratic people in the world have lived and prospered under the leadership of an arch-bishop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Trinity's Idea | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

Wolcott Gibbs, associate editor, Mrs. White's right hand, does most of the interviewing of artists, much of the editing of manuscripts. Sharp, savage, an able parodist, "he is practically the perfect New Yorker editor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The New Yorker | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

...squad of eight blown out by one shell into a perfect circle, their bodies, dribbling entrails, impaled on a tangle of barbed wire and posts (Dance of Death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Dix's War | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

...Germs are to be feared but they are not our greatest menace. The thing mostly to be feared is a breakdown in natural immunity. Perfect circulation of good blood is our first and greatest defense against disease. The production and circulation of this natural germicide depends upon rational living and correct diet, the necessary sanitary measures and by no means least, a properly adjusted body machine to make the blood and to take it where it is needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Osteopaths in Wichita | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

...Building & Loan Association took their first mortgages and Kohler Co. itself often took second mortgages. All a Kohler worker had to have was about 10% in cash. A town of handsome little homes. set back behind green hedges and green lawns on winding streets, Kohler has long been the perfect picture of a worker's paradise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Trouble in Paradise | 7/30/1934 | See Source »

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