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Word: slim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...decision was announced as French Defense Minister Maurice Bourges-Manoury arrived in London and told newsmen that France too wants to slim down her military system. He is here for talks with British officials on coordinating the two nations' cuts...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Johnson Forecasts Senate Will Approve Middle East Resolution; Russia Loses Plea for U.N. Talks | 2/15/1957 | See Source »

...engineer said that he had only a raincoat, and asked PBH to send over-coats and winter clothing. He added that he was tall and broadshouldered, and that his wife was small and slim...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters From Two Satellites Sent to PBH | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...resignation of Sir Anthony Eden. Swinging out through the palace gates, Eden's black Humber rolled through London's darkened back streets, flashing headlights to warn police of its approach. It stopped opposite the Victorian pile of the Museum of Natural History, where another car waited. A slim, feminine figure in a red cossack hat and pale, loose coat, and carrying a yellow hatbox, jumped out of the waiting car and got into Eden's car. As the door closed, Clarissa Eden opened the hatbox, took out a small cushion and tucked it behind her husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: The Chosen Leader | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

...Communist countries-but also as a mediator. In Warsaw (see below) Chou obligingly gave out with Khrushchev's new hard line, but in private Chou was amiable and showed some of hrs earlier friendliness towards the Polish experiment. It was significant that the story about Khrushchev's slim margin in the Central Committee leaked from Warsaw while Chou was there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE KREMLIN: Friend in Need | 1/21/1957 | See Source »

Greg Stone put on one of his finest exhibitions of the year in the dive, nearly upsetting Army's defending Eastern Intercollegiate Champion Frank Knight. Going into the last dive, Stone held a slim lead, but Knight pulled out the victory on his last dive, winning 79.5 to Stone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Team Overcomes Army As Dyer Excels | 1/14/1957 | See Source »

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