Word: slenderness
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...mother rushed into the room, her arms filled with flowers, her eyes filled with tears. Then came his sister, the burgomaster, the scores of well-wishers from all over the bustling (pop. 14,000) city of Huy, Belgium. At first, the slender, 48-year-old Dominican priest could scarcely believe the news: the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament had just awarded him the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize. "I'm too young." Father Georges Pire protested. But an hour and a half later, he sent off his acceptance: "Say thank you to Norway, whose heart has replied so splendidly...
...week of talks on nuclear-test suspension, though progress was stalled by the clash between Soviet insistence on stopping tests right away and "forever" and U.S.-British insistence that a foul-proof inspection system must precede any long-term agreement to halt tests. To help the conference's slender chances of success, the U.S. and Britain had, as of Oct. 31, halted nuclear tests for a one-year trial period on condition that the Soviet Union do the same...
...William Littlewood, 60, vice president in charge of equipment research, is one of the world's leading aircraft engineers. He has made contributions to the development of every plane American has bought, worked for ten years with airframe makers to develop commercial jets. ¶ Thomas L. Boyd, 50, slender, intense vice president for flight, has been flying for more than a quarter-century. He joined American in 1934 as a pilot, became a captain two years later, rose through the flight ranks to his present position. His job is to train pilots and flight crews...
Personality. Still youthful-looking despite dabs of grey at the temples, slender, amiable Potter Stewart says that his only hobbies are "my home and my family." The family: wife Mary Ann (onetime LIFE researcher), three children aged seven to 13. "We also have a dog named Bingo and an undetermined number of cats," he adds. When colleagues and friends describe Judge Stewart, two words occur again and again: "brilliant" and "unassuming." Of his own appointment to the Supreme Court, Stewart unassumingly said: "In my fondest dreams I never thought that such an honor would come...
Boot Polish (Indian). Two quicksilver Indian kids named Baby Naaz and Rattan Kumar, as slum orphans in Bombay, pour out such a torrent of acting virtuosity that a slender fable becomes touched with the glow of a minor masterpiece...