Word: perfects
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...crowds who came to the rallies saw a crisp, vigorous young man, usually wearing a neatly pressed dark suit and starched collar, who entered at the precise moment his name was mentioned in the introduction, who had perfect stage presence, who never sweated except when the klieg lights bore down too heavily, a man who made clear, concise-and mercifully short-speeches...
...Lord David Douglas-Hamilton, 32, son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton, Scotland's No. 1 peer. A boxer who captained Oxford, he married Prunella Stack (Britain's "Perfect Girl"), with whom he toured Britain preaching physical fitness. Their son, born in July 1940, was a "perfect boy." Last August, Squadron Leader Douglas-Hamilton was shot down, killed...
...competitive rounds he had the best long-pull score in the history of the game: an 18-hole average of 69.26, With five tourneys still to go, he had almost doubled the money-winning record of $19,534.49 established by Sammy Snead in 1938. Byron Nelson was the perfect pro, and occasional lapses with his putter merely proved that he was human...
...occupation of Morotai and the strategic end of the New Guinea campaign, the U.S. presumably has two more major jungle campaigns before Japan is beaten : the Philippines and the cleanup in Burma. But after two and a half years of jungle fighting, U.S. jungle equipment is still far from perfect...
...Publisher Fred W. Gunstead of the Pilot Point, Tex. Post-Signal (circ. 850): "I have always felt that I had a perfect right to print the unvarnished truth about my fellow citizens. Of course, I haven't exercised that privilege yet, but I guess a fellow has a right to starve if he wants...