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Word: spotlessly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...note his petty meannesses, his malice toward all of his associates, his claims to ill-treatment at the hands of all his contemporaries, his unctuous self-righteousness, his constant imputation of the worst of motives and conduct, we are moved to something like active dislike of the man. But . . . spotless probity . . . robust Americanism . . . fearless patriotism . . . high statesmanship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Old Man Adams | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

...been put back on the wrong containers. This the accused nurse, Anna Schütze, denied. Professor Wilhelm Kolle, a witness, lost his patience, shouted: "These attacks against Dr. Calmette are abominable! It is impossible for me not to protest, because these accusations are brought against a savant of spotless reputation but who happens to be a Frenchman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Trial at Liibeck | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

...efficient waitresses in uniforms of English service. We liked the ladies whom the Corporation has managed to coerce into accepting the situations of head- waitresses; and the way in which they asked whether the dinner was good. We liked the printed menus and the good food, and the spotless napery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mystic Dandruff | 11/12/1931 | See Source »

...being that it has been obliterated, while the populace consider that the Government is pretty slick. But the new heroic statue would seem to be definitive, a proclamation to the world in marble that the end can justify the means, that the most dastardly of crimes can become a spotless deed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Patriots & Princip | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...same elaborate nonchalance that he evidences when clad in unpressed tweeds and rumpled coat; canes are permissable on Park Avenue but are decidedly not correct in Harvard Square; he wears spats under no conditions. His hat is rumpled and decadent, giving a touch of elan to an otherwise spotless appearance. The typical specie has a fleet of luxurious motor cars, one for every mood, and a charge account at the leading night clubs in a half-dozen cosmopolitan cities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GENUS HARVARDIENSIS | 1/29/1930 | See Source »

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