Word: plumped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...already been done, so there is not much point in doing it again," he says. "But there are some records for quick passages which have held good since the days of the square-riggers. It would tickle me pink to beat one of those." Meanwhile, he can collect some plump publishing and endorsement fees (the race's official first prize is simply a 12-in. silver plate) and continue paying off the borrowed money he has sunk into Pen Duick IV. Says Fiancée Teura: "Everything has gone into the boat. So Alain...
Elsewhere, the pleasingly plump issue (132 pages) makes for better reading. The critical sections-books, ballet, music, films-are excellent. There is a warm, highly readable story on Philanthropist Louis Schweitzer, an intriguing discussion of world mass-transit problems, and a thoughtful piece on the future of education. Selden Rodman, the Haiti buff, contributes an upbeat piece on life in the Caribbean republic. A photo spread of aerial landscapes shot by Dr. George Gerster, a Swiss science editor, is beautifully laid...
Participation is no problem in the small (pop. 13,000) town of Miguel Pereira. Conference Leader de Almeida, a plump, fiftyish woman who radiates a sort of friendly simplicity, is not only the mother of four and wife of the local barber, but also the town's full-time mayor. Since her election in 1970, after four terms as a city councilwoman, Brazilians have been startled to discover that they have not only a woman mayor in their midst but an entire town that is run-and run well-by a female administration. That administration came about largely...
...with baggage-a total of 20,000 Ibs. The Concorde, however, is likely to be a businessmen's jet, since they will be among the few people willing to pay up to $975 for a round trip. Because business travelers are adults, usually males, and often plump, the assumed average weight of 200 Ibs. with baggage seems optimistic...
Ruby, on the other hand, was written in part by its actors, who are all non-professionals. They worked on the script along with 29-year-old writer-director Dick Bartlett, Ruby is a lady busdriver, plump, grey, going on fifty--a perfect target for cheap humor. She does her route mornings and afternoons and has the use of the bus for the rest of the day. Her husband, Clifford, lives in a wheelchair and spends his time making fudge on the kitchen stove. He travels through the town on his wheelchair stopping at every house like a mailman...