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Word: perfects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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George Olive tallied the 'Coaster touchdown, and Captain Jack Lucey booted a perfect placement to give Adams its victory margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS WINS FINALE | 11/3/1938 | See Source »

...Crimson interference, except Bob Green and Tim Russell went to the right. To the right also went the Bengals, and they buried Harding under three tall tacklers. But Harding had slipped the pigskin to the circling Macdonald, and "Flash 55" was off. Green and Russell contributed perfect blocks, while the whole rest of the team swept toward the left, crossblocking the Bengals. At midfield Macdonald reversed his field and streaked for the money zone, 73 yards...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Team Acquires Self-Confidence and Poise In 26-7 Triumph Over Princeton Saturday | 10/31/1938 | See Source »

...high point in the current craze among dance bands to make swing versions of popular classics is reached in the adaptation by Larry Clinton of Debussy's "Reverie." So perfect a fusion of so-called classic and modern elements has been made in this piece that as far as the fad is concerned, here is an apologia pro sua vita. The swing version of "Reverie" is superior to the original, because Debussy's composition was not in his best vein. "Reverie" dates from 1890, the year marking the transition from the composer's immature to more mature works. That year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Music Box | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

Married. Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, 26, youngest son of Scotland's Premier Peer, like his eldest brother Douglas, Marquess of Clydesdale, a famed amateur boxer, airplane pilot, mountaineer; and 23-year-old Prunella ("Perfect Girl") Stack, head of Great Britain's Women's League of Health and Beauty; in Glasgow, Scotland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 24, 1938 | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

...chooses the latter and regrets it. Luther Adler as the fighter is excellent, and Francis Farmer as his embittered Sweetheart gives a fine performance though she lacks dramatic finesse at times. Perhaps the best performance is presented by Morris Carnowsky as the fighter's father. Sanford Meisner is perfect as the gangster manager, and high honors are also due to Roman Bohnen as Miss farmer's elderly lover. Art Smith as the trainer, and John O'Malley as the fighter's brother...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/19/1938 | See Source »

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