Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...State Department's Inter-American Affairs chief, Roy Richard Rubottom Jr., says "unwieldy and unworkable." Nor did Dulles mention specific solutions, but Washington heard talk of such stabilizing devices as export and import quotas, buffer stocks, revolving funds to buy up surplus commodities, production controls. More ideas seem likely to be a major result of Vice President Nixon's trip through South America, scheduled to start next week...
...describe the state of high nervous tension in which such a bust is done, Epstein tells how he first roughs in the shape with clay, moves in to observe the eyes including "the exact curve of the under-lid," defines the nostrils so that they seem to quiver with breath, moves on to the lips, cheeks and finally the shoulders and back until he feels "a trembling eagerness of life pulsate through the work...
Jones: Well, the women don't seem to mind being pushed around. They're still susceptible to any suggestion that they can become more beautiful. Look at the beauty industry-it's doing better than ever. And many of the items that come into the home are really invaluable-frozen foods and instant cake mixes that allow even the worst cook to turn out a good...
Smith: The facts seem to prove that the consumer is good and tired of the U.S. car, at least-and that's far more important than cake...
...something from London's Spectator. One of its writers, who has driven every sort of foreign car, gives his considered view of American cars as follows: "The reason I particularly like the Thunderbird is that everything works. Nothing goes wrong. Everything has a solid feel, all accessories seem to be infallible...