Word: slim
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...amiss in the fact that this shy and serious young woman, born to serve and schooled in duty, should have some fun as a service wife at her husband's side. Certainly she returned from the Mediterranean looking tanned and healthier. It was Philip who persuaded her to slim down by forgoing potatoes, sweets and wine, and who encouraged her to become style-conscious, abandoning the fussy fashions of the Windsors for tailored simplicity...
...Crimson seemed at last to be out of its long slump. The varsity will still be heavily favored to beat the win-hungry Cadets. But unless Clasby can return--in shape--before the important League games which follow this last breather, the Crimson's championship chances will drop from slim to nonexistent...
Clean favored, and imperially slim...
...aerial stuntman in the '20s and as a commercial airline pilot in the '30s, James Henry Carmichael earned a reputation for smart flying. Since becoming president of Capital Airlines in 1947, "Slim" Carmichael has shown the same talent for piloting an airline. He took over Capital when it was losing more than $2,000,000 a year, cut costs by slashing his staff to the bone and boosted business by starting cut-rate coach service. In 4½-years, he pulled Capital out of its nose dive, climbed to a $1,756,490 profit...
...deal was, Slim Carmichael was as cool as ever. Once after he had brought a plane in safely on one wheel with one engine ripped off, he described the incident as "nothing to get excited about." Said Carmichael last week after signing the deal: "It was about as casual as if we were buying each other a pack of cigarettes...