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Word: sleekest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peace and quiet have nothing to do with Artur Rubinstein. In his painting-crammed Park Avenue apartment, or his painting-crammed house in Paris, or in the world's best restaurants and sleekest salons, he is always onstage and always in action-shrugging, mugging, clowning, hand-kissing, charming, talking, talking, talking. And in concert halls and auditoriums, gymnasiums, stadiums and town halls from Sydney to Saskatchewan he is making music with hands and heart, and always trying to do it better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Magnetic Pole | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

...Douglas engineers are working on a brand-new project. Douglas Engineer Ed Heinemann, who thinks the aircraft bomb is the one piece of equipment which hasn't kept pace with aviation's modernization, is working on a new design. Says he: "Putting these potbellied bombs on the sleekest fighter is like using a Cadillac to haul coal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Shooting the Sun | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

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