Word: nosedive
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The fourth anniversary of Fidel Castro's rule in Cuba was celebrated with the inevitable parade and even more inevitable speech. The parade at least was better than usual, if less fun: gone were the baggy pants and nonchalant waves to bystanders. Now it was all crisp creases, steel...
The hero, or villain, of the antispending, anticorruption drive is tall, hawk-nosed Crown Prince Feisal, 57, who was hurriedly called home last October by his brother, King Saud, when revolution in neighboring Yemen threatened Saudi Arabia's feudal regime. "We are discouraging unnecessary luxury and wast," said Prince...
Dogs & Caterpillars. Stern is a tall, round-shouldered man with fat hands and "pale, spreading hips" whose job is to write descriptive literature on labels. His wife is large-eyed, long-nosed and sexy, his lonely eight-year-old son spends most of his time sucking on a blanket. Stern...
Nearing the Cuban mainland, I reached my descent point. The Voodoo nosed over and I went "down on the deck." At this low altitude I was undetected by the long-range radar. The weather in the lower altitudes was broken cumulus, or scattered fluffy clouds, with scattered rain showers. Sea...
A slight, hawk-nosed and caustic immigrant from Texas ranch country, Walker got to the big city for the first time in 1919. Short on experience, but well-stocked with self-confidence, he took just half an hour to talk himself into a job on the New York Herald (now...