Word: skim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Adlai thought of making a simple statement that he was a candidate, but that might seem too wholly political. Perhaps he should explain, in a dignified manner, why he was running. And yet he did not want to skim the cream off his first post-announcement speech at the dinner. For two days, at his farm home in Libertyville, Ill., he labored over his pronouncement. Most of the time he worked alone, but on the second day he called in staff members and tried the statement on them. He decided it would not do, went to work on it again...
...Page is about the ideal weight for his 5 ft. 8 in.-and proud of it. One thing that helps keep him there is his token lunch, such as a bowl of clear soup and a gobbet of cottage cheese doused with ketchup, washed down with skim milk. Much of his exercise comes from running up and down stairs in the seven-floor lab building: it is quicker than waiting for an elevator and is good for the muscles in the leg arteries. In summer, Page plays singles tennis, but is careful to play only...
Radcliffe women will forego their Vitamin A in the interest of weight reduction, according to Miss Marjorie Russ, Radcliffe dietitian. Annex dining halls now serve skim milk in response to student demand for fat-type milk...
...eight-once glass of skim milk contains only 88 calories, 92 loss than regular milk, but it is also decidedly lacking in Vitamin A," Miss Russ said. The skim milk was added at the request of the 'Cliff Food Committee, formed by students last fall...
...trick is done with a massive trailer that the Air Force calls a "zero length launcher." Normally used to launch Martin Matador guided missiles, the trailer has folding. steel arms that slant the missile upward so its powerful rocket motors can skim it into the air. The same apparatus, only slightly modified, has been found to work with full-size, inhabited jet planes...