Word: slimming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...redhead from the 'Cliffe won a slim victory over a janitor from the North Yard in the Miss Hope T. Seeia Beauty Contest...
...could tell he was going deep," he said. "I decided to gamble on the interception." Greer threw, Havlicek pounced. Timing his jump perfectly, he reached up and deflected the ball-straight into the hands of Teammate Sam Jones. The buzzer sounded, and by the narrowest of margins-one slim point-the Celtics retained the Eastern Division championship...
...this year, for the first time in , the Yankees' chances of winning the pennant seem genuinely slim. New York still has a good team, of course, but the Yanks needed a stirring stretch drive to beat out Chicago and Baltimore last year. These two clubs are at least as good as they were last season. But so many question marks surround the Yankees, and the American League is so much improved, that New York will need good fortune even to finish third...
...open up the vistas of vastus lateralis is André Courrèges, 41, the brightest new star in the Paris firmament. A former disciple of Balenciaga, Courrèges (pronounced Koo-reige) set up his own shop in 1961, soon became known as the trouser king for his slim, slit-at-the-bottom slacks and his formal trouser suits. This February his pencil-thin mannequins popped out in severe white dresses cut three inches above the knee and white, mid-calf boots open at the toe. The highflying hem was born. The French Vogue and Elle devoted so much...
...pickings were slim, Willie Shoemaker had to admit-but what was the nation's No. 1 jockey to do on May 1 except ride in the Kentucky Derby? Last week the Shoe decided that his Derby Day mount would be Ada L. Rice's Lucky Debonair, winner of last month's Santa Anita Derby. "He's a nice running horse," shrugged Willie. "Not big, but he gives you his best." Faint praise, maybe, but the bookmakers were impressed. They installed Lucky Debonair as the early favorite at 3-1 to win the 91st...