Word: flattened
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...noise for the first few blocks or miles of a ride-and auto dealers can have a difficult time convincing customers that the thump comes not from the car but the tire. The noise is an embarrassing result of nylon's tendency to "flat spot," that is, to flatten slightly when the car stands still for a while. Lately, the chemical manufacturers have devised nylons that almost eliminate flat spotting. Du Pont has begun marketing its N-44 nylon cord, Chemstrand has come up with X-88, Allied Chemical with...
...became a protege of goateed General Nguyen Khanh, who promoted Air Commodore Ky to the Anglicized altitude of air vice-marshal. In return, Ky twice scrambled his Skyraiders over Saigon to stave off coup attempts against Khanh's 'government-once even resorting to the cold threat to flatten Saigon with bombs if the rebels refused to cease and desist. Ky probably would not have carried out the threat, but the plotters could never be sure. They ceased and desisted...
...dead than become an artist. But she proved to have an equally strong will. During the Civil War she studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, then, at the age of 23, traveled to Paris. Degas first opened her eyes. Wrote Cassatt: "I used to go and flatten my nose against the picture dealer's window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life...
Only five years ago, Georgia-born William J. Cobb gave his weight as 802 lbs., billed himself as "Happy Humphrey, the World's Largest Wrestler," and won his matches by sitting on his opponents. Today, after learning to flatten his appetite instead of other wrestlers, Cobb weighs in at a svelte 232 lbs.-a staggering 570-lb. loss that may make an equally weighty contribution to modern dietetics...
Weisman's technique in this skit, as in all of them, is clear and careful. His hands speak in economical, controlled movements, suggesting surprise as they flatten on the cage walls and horror as they push against them. His broad mouth and wide eyes go from smile to shock with none of the obvious self-satisfaction in a welldone trick. Though some of his comic material is childish and inane, Weisman's actions provoke our willing laughter, especially when he's playing in home ground, being the snoring student in lecture or the pretentious flamenco guitarist...