Word: perfects
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Linguaphone Institute ventured to pick the ten U.S. cities whose citizens use the "most perfect American speech,"* made the mistake of omitting Baltimore, the home of Lexicographer H. L. Mencken. Cried he: "Anyone who advances such buncombe should be put to death immediately...
They talked of many things, mostly along the familiar party line. Then the correspondent volunteered a Solemn Thought: "I have seen in many provinces how you Chinese Communists have the only perfect defense in the world against the atomic bomb. You have a government that can live so dispersed among the people that even the entire stockpile of bombs in America couldn't wipe your government...
...believes in clarity of line and clarity of story in dancing, is one of the few modern dancers a non-aficionado audience can watch and understand through a whole program-Classical ballet, he thinks, is unAmerican. Says he: "The ballet is such a sophisticated vocabulary. It's perfect for the experiences of lords and ladies, princesses and fairies and other imaginary characters. But those of us who want to talk about our own environment here find it inadequate. You can't say it in terms of entrechats and pirouettes. It's as though you wanted...
...Welder's triumph enabled them to maintain a perfect season record of two wins in as many starts, and come into undisputed possession of first place by moving out in front of Thayer and Matthews, who each have one victory against no losses. The Sad Sacks of Straus and the Vets of Holworthy are deadlocked in a tie for third place with two wins and one loss, while a .500 percentage puts the Wigglesworth Wonders in fourth slot...
Science may yet save the musk deer. Perfume chemists in modern laboratories are working hard to perfect a synthetic musk odor. Meanwhile, the deer himself (carrying his hairy, walnut-sized pouch at the base of his abdomen) will try to outrun his pursuers...