Word: lighter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Administration is embracing, each manufacturer by 1980 must produce a line of cars that achieve an average 20 m.p.g.; by 1985 the average must be 27.5 m.p.g. That is now an impossible goal unless auto engineers make dramatic-and unexpected-breakthroughs in engine efficiency and the use of lighter metals for body construction. Says Schlesinger: "A lighter car that gives 25 m.p.g., v. a heavier car that gives 12 m.p.g., is a relatively minor issue compared with not having cars...
...before. U.S. Government investigators, who pronounced Barry "clean" of criminal connections, feel that he is getting something of a bum rap. Over the years, it has been reported that he occasionally palled around with gangsters on golf courses or in gambling casinos, and he once intervened to get a lighter sentence for a convicted bookmaker. The series added a little new information; e.g., in 1973 Barry wrote a sponsoring letter for a man with criminal connections who sought membership in a posh California club...
Most seriously affected are partly disabled people who collect pension payments from a former employer while holding down a part-time or less demanding job. A typical example is a policeman with a heart ailment who leaves the force and takes on lighter duties as a department store guard. Last year he could deduct $5,200 of his police pension income. This year he cannot deduct any of it, since he is not totally disabled, and he now owes a big tax bill. One Colorado couple's tax liability jumped from...
Essays like "When Slices Were Slices" and "More Strokes, More Fun" provide an inkling of the lighter and wittier side of Darwin's writings. One of the more entertaining selections in Mostly Golf is "A Musical Cure," written in 1935. It describes Darwin's own experience searching for that elusive rhythm in the golf swing by practising to music. With his swing temporarily out of synch, Darwin writes...
Crimson coach Stephanie Walsh said the skin suits, which are lighter and more sheer than suits the women usually wear for meets, give the swimmers a "psychological lift because they feel much lighter...