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Word: perfects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...June Shaw, a 32-year-old Chicago housewife, had never given much thought to politics until she entered a Chicago Sun contest to pick the Illinois winners. Her score at prognosticating: almost perfect. Her explanation: "Simple ... I just listened to what the ladies said while I was standing in the meat line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: Issues & Men | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

...Allegretti does a fine job in the lead role, performing it with the mixture of pathos and humor without which there would have been no play. Robert Lubehansky is perfect as his surfaced Alter Ego, as are several others in lesser roles. Among the females, both Kaye Horan of fig leaf fame and Jane Bergwall are interesting, although Miss Horan would probably be more effective if she did not attempt quite so obviously to add to her natural bodily gifts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 11/13/1946 | See Source »

Sparked by the accurate tosses of quarterback Jim Kenary, the freshman gridders rounded out a perfect afternoon by rolling over the Dartmouth '50s 20 to 0 Saturday afternoon on Soldier's Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kenary Shines as Freshman Gridders Subdue Dartmouth | 11/12/1946 | See Source »

...cheery practice session yesterday despite the inclement weather, because the Varsity had bounced back solidly form its Rutgers defeat with a 21 to 7 victory over Dartmouth at Hanover. After two scores in the first nine minutes of play, including a 57-yard off tackle slant by Gannon behind perfect blocking, the Crimson was forced back on its heels by the Indian passing attack as directed by Con Pensavalie, but returned to form in the final period to score a third touchdown and cut off all further Dartmouth bids by six skillful interceptions...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Lazzaro Stars in Practice Session, Goes to Tailback | 11/12/1946 | See Source »

...handsomer and of better quality. The uniform of the last postwar era had been the sack dress and cloche hat of the '20s. The trademarks of 1946 were elegance and variety; anything was in high fashion, so long as it had a splendid look. (One Manhattan store, with perfect justification, used a reproduction of John Singer Sargeant's 1884 Portrait of Madame X as an index to current style.) While the thrill lasted, U.S. women were going to be taken out and admired-if their husbands could find a tuxedo, that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: The New Elegance | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

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