Word: sleekly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Foppish & Fussed-Over. Musorgsky was, wrote Composer Alexander Borodin on first meeting him, "quite boyish, very elegant, the very picture of an officer: brand-new, close-fitting uniform . . . sleek pomaded hair, nails as if carved . . . refined, aristocratic manners, conversation . . . sprinkled with French phrases, rath er affected . . . some traces of foppishness. . . . The ladies made a fuss over him. He sat at the piano and, coquettishly throwing up his hands, played . . . very sweetly and gracefully, while the circle around him buzzed . . . 'charmant, delicieux...
Their official duties done, many of the White House's guests slipped into sleek black limousines and were shuttled across Jackson Square to Decatur House, the gas-and candlelit mansion of Mrs. Marie Oge Truxton Beale, one of the capital's omnipotent hostesses...
Most outstanding 50 yd. man now present and accounted for, with the eligibility of Norm Watkins and Bill MacVicar still in doubt, is Milt Busby. The latter operative, who learned his sleek stroke in the warm Caribbean waters which wash the Puerto Riean literal, is currently paired with Al Weatherhead in the 100 freestyle...
...office at Sacramento one day last week, he sat like a defensive halfback behind his sleek, cork-covered desk. Up to the desk came California's Republican Chairman Arthur W. Carlson. In his hands, Carlson carried a framed copy of a resolution, neatly hand-lettered, adopted by the Republican state committee. The resolution asked Earl Warren's permission to line up a Republican convention delegation...
Germany has sent over some sleek hand-sized cars, some with gear shifts and brakes, and others with remote-control steering. But they are scarce; foreign toy imports so far this year have been less than $1,000,000. Trickiest U.S. model: an aluminum racer that runs more than 15 m.p.h. on compressed...