Word: slatted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cell and made a soap impression of it. A little later he rambled over to McKinley's Hardware Store and lifted a couple of files and a metal saw. Working at leisure, he made himself a cell key from a piece of metal bed slat and, thus equipped, went back into the burglary business...
...company "invented"' the modern trailer and has paced the trailer industry for 36 years. In 1915, Roy August Fruehauf, a Detroit blacksmith and wagonmaker, was persuaded by his eldest son, Harvey (then earning $7 a week), to build a trailer with hard rubber tires and open slat sides for hauling lumber. He didn't think much of it, but Harvey thought it had such possibilities that he plugged it in trade journals with the slogan: "A horse can haul more than he can carry. So can a motor truck." The slogan worked so well for Fruehauf that...
...home-grown brand of Kentuckian is not necessarily as lean, long and hard-driving as the University of Kentucky's Basketball Coach Adolph Rupp would like, but there are other states: each year dozens of slat-shaped aspirants from all over the U.S. trek to Rupp's office in Lexington, many of them at their own expense, to try out for Rupp's team. The 1948 crop (four Kentuckians, eight outlanders) was particularly potent; it won the national championship, and its starting five went on to the U.S. Olympic squad and later to professional careers. Last year...
Areas which had previously depended on graded inclines to attract the slat-burdened visitor have added new trails; places which required a good deal of snow to cover their trails have spent time and money grading and treating the hills to make skiing on thinly covered slopes almost a pleasure; the traditional refuge of the snow bunny has added many comfortable couches so that it is now possible to go up to the lodge, never put on a ski, and still have a good time...
...takes equal care with his pants, adjusting the elastics that hold them far down on his shins. Ted's detractors have accused him of wearing his pants long to attract attention. Actually, the purpose is to hide his slat-skinny legs. Williams' weight is in his shoulders and club-heavy forearms...