Word: sheer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vague when it came to discussing what their multimillion-dollar handshake would produce. McColough noted that the merger "would provide a much broader base than we now enjoy." Said Lundell: "The merger would greatly enhance the future of C.I.T.'s growth program." Whatever its purpose, the sheer size of the deal is sure to interest the Federal Government, particularly since the Federal Trade Commission announced last July that it would look into the huge economic concentration brought about by conglomerate mergers...
...their bodies, the energy of their long repressed desires and fantasies. The Beatles were a catalvst that released a tremendous amount of wild exuberant joyous energy. The young girls that dreamed about them learned something about themselves. But there had always been teen idols. Far more important was the sheer joy their music and their larking about communicated to anyone who would listen and watch. That energy, that joy was in all of us. And all it took was the beat to release...
Though comprising only about a third of the party, a developing liberal coalition based on black and white liberal cooperation might just take control of the party in 1969 through sheer activism. In any case the liberals will probably take control of the party apparatus in greater Louisville and Lexington (the University of Kentucky...
...have been all atwitter about the Yves St. Laurent peekaboo dress that was such a stopper in the Paris fall fashion shows. Last week they saw it in the flesh at Alexander's couture-copy show. Out came the model, preening prettily in a floor-length drift of sheer black chiffon, with only a ruff of ostrich feathers around the hip to save it from moving out of the controversial category into the condemned. For customers who want the concoction, Alexander's was ready to supply a cop-out-a body stocking that would make the dress perfectly...
Outrageous subjects that were once shocking sources of satanic laughter now seem hardly ticklish at all. Black Comedians today tend to be admired like TV gagmen and nightclub acrobats -less for jolt than for sheer agility...