Word: sleeked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...well as the most formidable military genius in Asiatic history-is played by Hollywood's best-known cowboy, John Wayne. And does he gallop across the steppe, as the young Temujin did, on a hairy little Mongol pony? You bet your yurt he doesn't. The sleek horseflesh in this picture would just about last one night in the average steppe pasture at 10 below...
...turns, he would sweep to the inner edge of the track, then drift wide again as he blasted out into the brief straightaways. Each lap he picked up precious seconds. At 8 in the evening, Hawthorn's Jag coasted into the pits. "Brakes!" said the disgusted driver; the sleek grey car was through...
...Thanks to the Yard, there were no masses present, but Georgy made up for their lack by pumping the hands of a cordon of British dignitaries and aiming a volley of telling smiles into the distant lenses of a battery of news photographers. At last, safely ensconced in the sleek, black Russian embassy limousine, he leaped out twice to shake some overlooked hands...
MADAM, WILL You TALK?, by Mary Stewart (250 pp.; Mill and Morrow; 3.50), a fast chase in polished prose, is an outstandingly sleek example of the femnine first-personer ("Had I but known . . ."). Colorfully painted backdrops of provincial France and the Marseille waterfront are a good contrast to the nice young English widow whose holiday is almost spoiled by an unshakable pursue.s
Unlike most other islands of the impoverished Antilles, Jamaica can boast of more than sunshine and scenery. By the low living standards of the Caribbean, Jamaica's 1,500,000 inhabitants are comparatively well off. Jamaica's soft-spoken natives (80% Negro) look healthy, clean and sleek beside the ragged poor of neighboring islands. Most of them wear shoes, and at least 70% can read and write. Rarely is a beggar seen in the orderly capital of Kingston (pop. 155,000), a city of paved streets, department stores, supermarkets and good restaurants...