Word: lifts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wonder if La Pompadour went to bed all gooked up? If not, how ever did she get her "psychological lift...
...committee room, when he was excused, with poise and bearing becoming to his office. That afternoon President Eisenhower studied wire-service reports of Adams' testimony, discussed it with Press Secretary Hagerty. Then he conferred with Sherman Adams. They decided that Adams' public appearance had done much to lift the pressure, that the storm would subside. Ike authorized Jim Hagerty to announce meaningfully that "the Governor . . . is back at his desk at work at White House business," i.e., Adams was staying...
Reader Jim DiMiceli (who bought a finned Plymouth after becoming disenchanted with a French-built puddle jumper) erred in expecting good workmanship from a nation unable to even govern itself. Too bad he didn't try a Volkswagen. People who can lift themselves from the 1945 flat-off-their-backs to dominate Europe economically can, among other things, build good cars...
...adding color to her face, tops it off by gently patting on a flesh-colored powder. She shadows her eyes with turquoise, dabs a few drops of perfume behind her ears, at her elbows, temples and wrists. With a dark pencil she shapes her eyebrows to give an artful lift to her expression, brushes her lashes with a penlike wand to emphasize her blue eyes. Finally, 20 minutes later, she spreads on the finishing touch - an orange lipstick to match her fingernail polish...
...women chase the elusive dream of beauty with such frightening energy? The obvious answer-that they want to appear more attractive to men-is only part of the truth. Women insist that it is the psychological lift that makes cosmetics important in their lives. Says Mrs. Ruth Kay, a Cleveland housewife: "If I feel down, I take extra pains with makeup. When a woman feels she looks her best, she radiates a pleasant attitude and gives the entire family a lift. Without makeup she is self-conscious and won't put her best foot forward...