Word: perfects
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Drew her, eh," said the second most powerful Russian thoughtfully. "I must ask Mme. Sheremetiev to lend her to me awhile. That barn of mine is a perfect shambles...
...Army & Navy had well prepared their combined operation of expert testimony. General Eisenhower wrote: "Fairness to the country and to the individual's chances of survival in war demand . . . intelligent training of this kind." George C. Marshall, citizen & soldier, said: "[Universal training] would be a perfect demonstration of democracy, with rich & poor alike, side by side, rendering a common service...
Americans and Britishers so prone to characterize Russian diplomacy as "grasping" would do well to realize that they are not themselves perfect. All the United States wants, Professor Sorokin observed, is bases, trusteeships, and the right to interfere in Balkan and Mediterranean politics...
...London. For my money he is the finest gentleman I've met over here in any army. There was not any rank between us; it was man-to-man on that job. But the men under him, the little civil servants in his command, were as near to perfect examples of the dry-rot in the British Empire as I have ever had the misfortune to come to know. They fought me on every turn and if I had not been able to go to .,____ direct, his runway would not be repaired today...
Nobody knows just what it is about Deaf Smith County, Tex. But for some reason, Deaf Smith citizens are almost immune to tooth decay (TIME, Nov. 10, 1941). Last fortnight Dr. George W. Heard, the local dentist who drew national attention to Deaf Smith's perfect teeth, and Dr. F. Melton Butler of Seattle announced that they had a charter for a foundation to discover, produce and market the essence of Deaf Smith-whatever...