Word: larkingly
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Under such conditions, Sellers decides, it should not be too difficult to lark out, pick up the packet, and nip back with a perfect alibi before the warden knows he is gone. But just before he can put his plan into effect, the friendly old turnkey is replaced by Sergeant Sidney ("Sour") Crout, who is notoriously "the most wickid screw what ever crep' down a prison corridor." Best scene occurs in a prison quarry, where an "accidental" blast blows Sergeant Crout to comical tatters and leaves him staring at the audience with an expression like...
...probably the most self-effacing artist who ever lived. He kept his figure paintings turned to the wall and referred to them deprecatingly as "my monkeys." Of his contemporary, Painter Eugene Delacroix, he would say: "He is an eagle, and I am only a lark." But for all his modesty, Corot was a single-minded man. He flatly refused to work in his father's drapery shop, rejected the fiancee his parents selected for him, even refused to marry at all. All that Corot ever really wanted to do was paint...
...combat sagging auto sales, Stude-baker-Packard has given a new look to its 1961 line. The 1961 Lark will have a lower hood line, and the horsepower of its standard six-cylinder engine will be hiked from 90 to 112 (lack of power in the sixes was a major owner complaint). The company has also added the Lark Cruiser to the line. Designed to compete with the new luxury compacts, it has a iSo-h.p. V-8 engine, is 4 in. longer than the standard Lark, has a plush interior and dual headlights...
...overcome losses on commuter services in northern N.J. Pennsylvania and Lackawanna will each receive $1,600,000, Jersey Central $1,300,000; rest will go to others joining plan. $100 REBATE will be given to any one of Studebaker-Packard's 200,000 shareholders who buys a 1960 Lark, Hawk or Champ truck in July, August or September. Deal, first in auto industry history, is expected to boost Studebaker's lagging sales...
Sales of compacts are moving up so well that makers are preparing to broaden their compact lines. At least two more compact convertibles, joining Studebaker's Lark convertible, will appear in the 1961 compact lines. American Motors will bring out a 100-in. Rambler convertible with a factory list price of $2,000 and a body redesigned to give a sporty appearance...