Word: sleeked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Finisterre's Mitchell was convinced that Designer Stephens had put something special into the sleek hull that has carried him to so many victories. Said he: "Every once in a while a boat comes along that seems to go faster and do better than the naval architects say is possible. It must be some kind of an X factor, an extra. I guess Finisterre is one of those fortunate boats...
Married. Tyrone Power, 44, cinemactor (The Sun Also Rises); and Mrs. Deborah Montgomery Minardos, 26, sleek, brunette stepdaughter of a well-heeled Southern businessman; he for the third time (No. 1, French Actress Annabella; No. 2, International Playgirl Linda Christian), she for the second; in Tunica, Miss...
...Beating to windward in light air, American Skipper Warner Willcox eased his sleek, 33-ft. International Class sloop into a commanding lead, finished well ahead in the last of seven races to lead his team to victory over the Bermudians for the 51-year-old Amorita Cup, grand prize of Bermuda Race Week...
...strode into the united labor movement's sleek, modern headquarters in Washington last week, burly A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany blushed for all to see. Plodding back and forth on the sidewalk was a pudgy picket carrying a sandwich board that proclaimed: 21 YEARS AN A.F.L.-C.I.O. ORGANIZER THEN FIRED BY A 3^ STAMP. Admitted an A.F.L.-C.I.O. official: "It's damned embarrassing...
Beech MS-760, a sleek four-place, twin-jet transport that Beech is importing from France's Morane-Saulnier to try out the executive jet market. Cruising speed: 350 m.p.h. over a 1,000-mile range. Price...