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Word: shapely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...very dangerous on its own courts, where a fast bounce and a higher court temperature than is found at most colleges make adjustment very difficult. However, not a single Harvard winner was forced past four games, and Gerry Emmet, who lost at third singles, was not in top physical shape for the match...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Crimson Squash Team Tops Army, 8-1, Exhibits Depth | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

...spokesmen have well telegraphed the direction of federal spending for fiscal 1959. The direction: up. The big item: $39 billion to $40 billion for defense, a $2 billion or so increase from fiscal 1958. Last week the Administration also telegraphed its overall policy for fiscal 1959: defense needs will shape the size of the budget, not vice versa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE BUDGET: Priority: Defense | 12/16/1957 | See Source »

Mademoiselle calls it a "shift" in shape, Glamour terms it the "middy-look," Vogue announces the "chemise." By any name, the newest fashion in women's dresses evokes memories of what our mothers wore in the Roaring Twenties...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: New Chemise Spells "Subtle Sex" | 12/10/1957 | See Source »

...waist measurements in a chemise dress. But when she walks, it's evident she has a waistline. Similarly the bosom should be "just rounded." Too much of it "can ruin that fine, languid line," the fashion experts say. The attempt is undoubtedly to show that the wearer has a shape underneath her chemise dress, but to do it subtly...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: New Chemise Spells "Subtle Sex" | 12/10/1957 | See Source »

...chemise look is a many-splendored thing. It comes in the one-piece dress, in two-pieces dresses, and in one-piece dresses that look like two. The new subtle shape is available in knitted dresses which pull over the head like a sweater --all in one piece. These have joined the ranks of increasingly-popular knit dresses of all kinds...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: New Chemise Spells "Subtle Sex" | 12/10/1957 | See Source »

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