Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...came from his membership in Ohio's first political family. But another part came as voter reaction against the unimpressive, do-nothing O'Neill administration. The results meant trouble for Republicans in November, when O'Neill must face the man he defeated in 1956: hard-running, fast-quipping Democrat Michael V. Di Salle, who easily won his party's nomination in an election where, for the first time since 1948, more Ohioans voted in the Democratic primary than in the Republican...
...majority control of the Democratic state central committee; rammed through was a platform that clearly mirrored Cord's position on such issues as gambling (for relaxed laws), foreign aid (for less) and aid to education (for more). What most of the delegates wanted as they departed was that fast-rising New Boss Errett Lobban Cord would announce his candidacy for Governor...
...British gym slip clings fast, although it reveals nothing. The frosty comment of a spokeswoman for Brighton's Roedean School: "We have absolutely no intention of modifying our uniform." During the week, well-blossomed (35-24-36) Suzanne Cripps, 12, was asked to leave St. Helena's school for girls in Eastbourne. Reason: With her mother's consent, and after school hours, she got herself up in shorts and a halter, was photographed by newsmen. Her headmistress looked at the results, decided she was "much too precocious...
...teen-agers." The adolescent constantly fears that his or her body is not following the lines of the "ideal" movie star. A girl worries about small breasts; a boy fears that his are overdeveloped. Most frequent complaints: acne, obesity, menstrual "disorders," lack of beard, the skin striations common to fast growth. Not every doctor cares to worry about such normal minutiae. Dr. Roth disagrees...
...price for promising Middle East oil concessions is rising so fast that the so-called fifty-fifty profit split is as dead as a dry well...