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Word: perfects (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Gertrude Lawrence sang and wiggled her way through 'Jenny' several seasons ago in "Lady in the Dark," first-balcony subscription spinsters bravely acquiesced before the onslaught of the general delight. With a play as hilarious as it is a perfect starring vehicle, it is now Helen Hayes' turn to toss her admirers a wicked bump...

Author: By S. W. H., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/8/1946 | See Source »

...with Georgette his wife and Georgia, 5. He is a smart executive with a big magazine publishing company. At a party he meets his boss's icy blonde, Pauline. "The eye saw nothing but innocence, to the instincts she was undiluted sex, the brain said here was a perfect hell." George accepts this information but has to verify it on a weekend with Pauline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Terse Fancy | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

...perfect solution, then, is for exactly the right number of men to appear each minute. Impossible as this plan obviously is, it leads to the second-best answer of spreading the load evenly by trying to avoid the rush hour. In the case of supper, while the line is at its heaviest when the doors open at 5:30 o'clock, the rush has been created by just such an attempt, on a universal basis, at arriving when nobody else is eating But at breakfast, when the peak is at 8:30 o'clock, lines could be shortened considerably...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thought for Food | 10/3/1946 | See Source »

...purpose of this fall practice, Bolles said, is not to try and form definite boats for next year's competition, but to perfect the form of the individual oarsmen. The practice sessions are scheduled to last until the first week in November, or the formation of ice on the Charles, whichever comes earlier...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tom Bolles Launches Autumn Crew Practice On Rainswept Charles | 10/1/1946 | See Source »

...Western composer, a Balinese thinks of his music as purely functional, and never considers expressing an emotion. Only occasionally is there a suggestion of Western influence, as in the case of Durus, Colin McPhee's native 17-year-old houseboy. Durus composed and sang a song in the perfect ancient Javanese meter. His words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tinkle on a Breeze | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

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