Word: slimmer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Slimmer, Steadier. The Navy says with a straight face that the Neptune is only a peaceful research project. Its specifications give it a warlike look. It will be 45 ft. long-one foot shorter than the German V2, which is now considered obsolescent. It will be slimmer (32 inches in diameter instead of 65) and will weigh about six tons fully loaded, instead of the V-2's 14 tons...
Overweight men & women sometimes take thyroxine* to burn up excess fat and make their figures slimmer and more attractive. Hogs may soon be fed thiouracil, the opposite of thyroxine, to make their figures fatter and more attractive...
...peace and an end to bickering, the sharper observers saw plainly that if the U.S. and Britain had not been frank and firm and patient with Russia in the Allied Control Council for Germany and on the Eastern European treaties, the chances of an enduring German settlement would be slimmer than they...
With yesterday's poor weather causing a much slimmer turn-out than had been expected. Ed Callanan, clerk of the course, announced that the plan to have a semi-finals meet for the large wherry group is cancelled and the semi-finals scheduled for Thursday will not be held...
Anders argued that he could not advise the soldiers to return to Poland unless the Polish Government promised elections this spring. Bevin, too, wanted immediate Polish elections, but both men knew that the chances were becoming slimmer...