Word: spotless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...figure dizzily perched on the precarious eminence of perfection. He is permitted no faults, no weaknesses?other than the exalted one of physical ill-health. On the other hand, there have been daring iconoclasts no less superlative in their attacks upon this knight of the spotless scutcheon? notably W. E. Henley, his erstwhile patron and intimate, who registered savage protest against the "Seraph in Chocolate," the "Barley-Sugar Effigy" of legend. With nicely considered moderation, Mr. Steuart aims at the truth behind the haze of contradiction...
...three innings in succession after this, Booth turned back the visitors in one, two, three order. He had complete control of the situation and a spectular one-handed catch by Ullman helped keep his record spotless...
General Erich von Ludendorff was reported about to be forgiven by the Bavarian Government for his part in the recently attempted monarchist putsch (TIME, Nov. 19). His "honorable conduct as a retired officer" and his " spotless" behavior in the putsch received mention...
...make steel and cloth. (P. 6.) Ambassadorial homesickness as exhibited by Mr. Harvey. (P. 9.) Monte San Nicholas-eternal tribute to the dead. (P. 15.) Captain Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, eager to join with Einstein in debate. (P. 21.) Mr. Taft's reputation, deemed "spotless" even by sensational publishers. (P. 24.) Stambuliski-hoisting communism by its own petard. (P. 12.) Justice Holmes-radical! (P. 3.) The prospective canonization of the late Pope Pius X. (P. 19.) Jack Dempsey, coal-miner and coal operator. (P. 23.) The return of a Roosevelt to health and activity...
...interest in U. S. Steel bonds, is wedded to reactionary capitalism, and will therefore be inclined to decide in favor of the " interests." It is only in an obscure part of the two-page spread that the Hearst reporter speaks of " Mr. Taft's spotless reputation...