Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Virtually every point raised at last week's meeting was shot through with controversy. For example, the builders, who want low interest rates, easy credit and long-term mortgages, battled with the banks and insurance companies, who want higher rates and shorter-term mortgages. But differences were ironed out, and the committee finally agreed on a set of recommendations to send to the President...
Clasby, handicapped by injuries and the shorter schedule, finished third in total offense, behind Columbia's Dick Carr and Princeton's Royce Flippin...
...this year are shorter, so shoes are lower. The very high heel is frequently replaced by the capezio-type heel, about an inch shorter in height but just as narrow. Kid with a French accent as well as black suede are dressiest. Toes are semi-pointed to make large feet look smaller...
...great sight of the U.S. autumn scene, was showing the fans some dazzling spectacles. Reason: brilliant October weather and fresh winds blowing from the rule book. The return to the one-platoon system swept the boring scramble of unlimited substitutions from the fields: games were easier to follow and shorter, players more versatile. Fans flocked to the stadiums to hear the bands and cheer the helmeted heroes, crowded even breather games in hopes of an upset. Two of the most bruising battles so far saw Big Ten Champion Wisconsin losing to U.C.L.A., 13-0, at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum...
Four poems by Updike and Henry S. Zeigler offer the only contrast to the poor quality of the other writing. Zeigler's verse has spark, both in "Tour de Force" and in a shorter piece about some unidentified "little round men." Updike's "Footnotes to the Future" is a bit of delicate whimsey, and "This Isn't a Chain I'm Smoking" is delightful--especially in comparison with the rest of the issue. Updike's versification and phraseology are light and refreshing: "Milady I like your diminutive lips. . . .I like your wee fingers and miniscule hips. . . ." Unfortunately his style here...