Word: crest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...made on the cheap by an oldtimer named Marcel Carne (Children of Paradise), and it became one of the biggest hits of 1958. It was followed by another low-cost smash called The Lovers, directed by Louis Malle, 27. Suddenly, the New Wave was rolling, and on the crest of it dozens of ambitious young cinéastes went surfboarding to success. In the past twelve months, according to the French Film Office, at least 30 young men without previous experience in film direction have gone into production with full-length films, and already half a dozen of them have...
...that 'fat teachers aren't good teachers' is absolutely ridiculous. It smacks of sweeping generalization, always a bad habit, and dictates an inseparable link between appearance and intellect that does not exist." Mounting a crusade for Jim Babinetz, the Telegram interviewed Teacher Hilliard Anderson of Humber-crest public school, who happens to weigh 325 Ibs. Said he: "My size commands authority." The rival Toronto Star took a different tack. Since Jim is now eager to shed 60-80 Ibs., the Star hired a specialist to slim Jim, promised readers daily reports. Already Jim is down...
...This Is It." Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the Corvair is the way Cole designed it and sold the idea to General Motors. He put the Corvair wheels in motion way back in 1952, a most unlikely time. Detroit then was riding a crest of chrome, and it looked as if anyone who bucked the trend to bigness would get honked right out of the industry. Henry Kaiser's chromeless little Henry J. was a flop. Romney's Ramblers were losing money. Just a few years before, Chevy had started to tool for a compact model...
Last week, in the wake of President Eisenhower's trip to Western Europe and on the eve of Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the U.S., historic events were in full flood, political leaders and diplomats rode a crest of world interest and hope. TIME describes those events -and relates them the one to the others and the parts to the whole...
Though Labor Party leaders doughtily tried to shrug it off, most British pundits agreed that Ike's visit had carried Macmillan to a new crest of popularity, and Macmillan himself pointedly went into a huddle with Tory Party leaders to discuss an early election. At week's end dates as early as Oct. 8 were being widely rumored in London...