Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dartmouth traditionally plays good rugby and reputedly fields a clever side. However, they are not as "fit or athletic" as the Crimson, according to a Boston player who played them two weeks ago in a tie match...
...Regrets. Also released was the text of a brief note in which Kennedy thanked Korth for his services but pointedly omitted the usual "regrets" over his departure. A White House aide explained airily that Korth would "fit better" in private life than in government. In hopes of burying an embarrassing situation, most everyone seemed willing to pass the matter off as a dispute over policy in which Korth seemed to be protesting McNamara decisions adverse to the Navy...
...Kircher, 48, president of Singer Co., has recently been fully occupied guiding his company over the hurdles of diversification and expansion. Last week he took Singer a big jump closer to the billion-dollar club with the acquisition of Friden, Inc., a maker of office automation equipment that should fit in nicely with the 112-year-old sewing-machine maker and bring its annual sales to more than $750 million. Kircher has a firm rule that, within the U.S., his acquisitions must be in the high-growth area of fairly advanced technological fields. His close associates find him reserved...
...Fitting the Image. The Irish line, which started its New York run with leased Constellations in 1958, now has the highest load factor (65.6%) of any major airline over the Atlantic. It plays unabashedly on the chauvinism of U.S. Irishmen. "We try," says one executive, "to fit the image Americans have of the Irish." Fattening the image, creamy-cheeked stewardesses in heather-flecked tweeds or linens welcome passengers aboard "shamrock flights." They feed them in first class on Royal Tara china with such delicacies as grilled Liffey salmon steaks, Irish coffee and Guinness stout. All the while, Irish jigs frolic...
...buying a suit, consider workmanship, fit and fabric after you have picked a cut and price range. In the lower price ranges inquire about shrinkage and try to find a fabric which will wear well. Higher priced garments have better quality interlinings which make a difference after being worn for a year and dry cleaned. A better coat will be more likely to fit smoothly and not pucker, too. In plaid sport coats, the plaid will be cut so that the sleeves match horizontally with the body of the coat...