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Word: perfects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Flyers who accompanied Doolittle, interviewed in Washington, swore with shaking voices that they had bombed nothing but military objectives; that they had even passed up perfect but unscheduled targets in order to follow their orders with exact fidelity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder in Tokyo | 5/3/1943 | See Source »

Background: Perfect. John Bricker's origins are politically perfect, as American as Main Street, Saturday night in town and church sociables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Become President | 4/26/1943 | See Source »

Explains them all with perfect case...

Author: By Ensign Fitzpatrick, | Title: ELECTRONICS SCHOOL | 4/23/1943 | See Source »

Harvard, however, bounded back in the stretch half of the seventh, manufacturing two runs out of two singles, a bunt, and an error. Heath started things off with his final safety of the day, a line drive to left field. Gallagher reached on a perfect bunt down the first base path. After Heath was forced at third by Fitzgibons' attempted sacrifice Flynn came through with a sharp single to center field, scoring Gallagher. Flynn moved to second and Fitzgibbons to third on the throw-in. After fanning Slattery, Judge of BU let loose with a prodigious heave to the fence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nine to Face Brown After Defeating B.U. | 4/21/1943 | See Source »

...selections sung by the Cocilia Society and Apollo Clubs of Boston. These included Brahms' "Ein Schicksalslied" (A, Song of Destiny). Wolf's "Der Fuerreiter" (The Fire Riders) and the Borodin Polovetzian Dances from "Prince Igor." The flawlessness of their singing, their round, full warm tone all made for a perfect appearance with Dr. Koussevitsky. As an astute listener by my side sagely summed it up. "If they only knew how to bow in unison, they'd be machines...

Author: By Charles R. Greenhouse, | Title: THE MUSIC BOX | 4/21/1943 | See Source »

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