Word: minis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...budgetary meetings of the full Cabinet approached their 24th hour, the Evening Standard reported that "the whole mooing herd of the government's once-sacred cows was driven to 10 Downing Street." The result, said the Standard, was "much slaughtering." If Wilson was stripping defense to placate the "mini-England" wing of his Labor Party, he was also tightening plenty of belts among the social services. Education Minister Patrick Gordon Walker described the sessions as "heartbreaking," and Minister of Arts Jennie Lee threatened to resign-and perhaps drag others with her-if a charge for medical prescriptions is reinstated...
...their contract, and filed suit in New York complaining that she failed to show up for work as ordered for the beginning of a new picture. Otto wants damages, plus an injunction that would keep her from working for anyone else. Faye, prancing about Manhattan in her tailored mini, had no comment. Say, Clyde, where'd you put that...
...depicts the devil, disguised as a monk but revealed for what he is by his horns and cloven foot, tempting Christ three times (the second two temptations are shown in mini-miniature in the background). The principal scene shows the devil in the wilderness offering Christ a rock and boldly challenging him to turn the stone into bread. Christ resists the temptation, and one can almost hear the famous words "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." For a Queen, it was doubtless meant as a gentle reminder that...
...keep the foreign hordes coming, the British railroads and the Grand Metropolitan hotel chain have added Paris, Brussels and Gothenburg, Sweden, to a "mini-weekend" shopping special that has already become a hit in Amsterdam. From The Netherlands, it offers travel by train and ferry, plus two days' lodging in London, for $37-less than a round-trip plane fare. Even better news for hard-pressed Britain is an upsurge in foreign orders for British autos. British Motor Corp. expects to increase its deliveries to Europe by 5,000 cars this month. To meet that demand, B.M.C. is switching...
...Liberty ships. Called Freedom ships, the 13,870-ton cargo vessels can be mass-produced at $2.8 million apiece, eventually at the rate of 18 per year. There are over 900 Liberty ships still tramping around the world, and IHI spotted a lucrative market in replacing them. Though the mini-cargoes may appear insignificant alongside the latest-model tankers, the company already has orders...