Word: neat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...neat package that Britain's Anthony Eden carried to Geneva a month ago seemed as sound and commonsensical as the British character, and guaranteed to please all domestic customers...
...loving Prince Bernhard hurtled along a Dutch road in his royal Lincoln. Bernhard's chauffeur sat at his side, idly watching the kilometers flit past. While trying to pass a road-hogging truck, the prince zigged when he should have zagged, wound up with the car doing a neat half rollover, followed by a ground-chewing landing on its side. The unperturbed chauffeur ceremoniously opened the door for unhurt Bernhard, who climbed out, hitchhiked to a gas station, phoned the royal garage for a fresh...
...Barn 20, two sets of Vanderbilt horses had already returned from workouts. They were led up a neat row of peppermint-striped water pails. At each pail, a groom swabbed down a horse with a sponge of warm water, then covered him with a bright "cooler" (blanket). Then the "hot walkers" took over, for the lowly but necessary job of walking the work-hot horses for 30 minutes or an hour, until they have been gradually watered and cooled. For the Dancer, the day was just beginning...
...half-mile race at Ascot in July, which would mix the Dancer with the best on the other side of the Atlantic. At Ascot, the Dancer would have to race clockwise instead of counterclockwise, on turf instead of dirt, on a course that runs irregularly instead of on a neat, flat oval. The last bend of Ascot's "old mile" rises more than 40 feet in three furlongs. To run the course's ups & downs, a horse must be able to accelerate, slow down, accelerate on demand. Next week, Owner Vanderbilt and Trainer Winfrey plan to fly to Britain...
...Better think of the outcome before you begin," "A counterfeit's sure to be exposed to light"-although they are dressed in brocade rather than homespun. The fables he borrowed from Aesop in La Fontaine's hands became tart and graceful satires on society, with neat plots and sharp blackout punch lines...