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Word: perfects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lowell Bellboys scored their season's first touchdown midway in the fourth period to overcome a lead gained by Eliot a few minutes before when Dan Melia, chunky guard, booted a perfect placement from the Lowell 20 at an angle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams passes Dazzle Deacons; Bellboys Sink Eliot | 10/19/1938 | See Source »

...have not eliminated them. Although both believe that the Bible is the Word of God, American Lutherans believe it more fully, their commission holding that Scripture is "one organic whole without contradiction and error." United Lutherans go no farther than to concede that the Bible is "a complete, perfect, unbreakable whole of which Christ is the centre." This week the Baltimore conference votes on (and is expected to accept) a statement of faith, prepared by Lutheran theologians, which will place their church on record as more liberal than most other Lutheran bodies. Chief point: "We [do not] place all parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Lutherans & Unity | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

...have pressed the U. S. on these 30 wax surfaces are a perfect team: van Ackere, short, excitable and voluble; Friedland as tall, quiet and phlegmatic as a Frenchman can be. Friedland is a producer and businessman who speaks no English whatsoever; van Ackere is a showman and artist who speaks English with no accent whatsoever. Together they work fast and smoothly. M. Friedland's most cherished souvenir of U. S. culture, which he says he will show to every one in France, is a folder of matches from a New York hotel. The matches are fully-dressed cardboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Frenchman's U. S. | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

Thus the hero is placed where he has a perfect all-round view of the boss. He gets involved in Symmes's family quarrels, his feuds with vindictive Portygee workmen. Meanwhile, Bain has an affair with a schoolteacher, visits Portygee families, gathers a vast anti-Symmes lore. His complete triumph comes when he saves Symmes's life. By this time Bain has so far got the upper hand that he even has a sneaking affection for the mean old devil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wishful Worker | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

After the first play from scrimmage, when Ithacan Baker broke away to jaunt 74 yards to score on a perfect reverse through the weak side, the game gave evidence of being a rout. Harvard had to punt right away, and the Cornell attack functioned again. It had to be stopped twice, but twice it was stopped, and from there on, the Crimson showed they are a team to be reckoned with by all future opponents...

Author: By Cleveland Amory, | Title: Varsity Line Great in Cornell Defeat --- Yardlings Lose | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

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