Word: smoothness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jumper-like sheaths with jackets are dressy enough for cocktail wear in hot weather. The newest style for the belle of the ball, however, is the bell-shaped look. This relative novelty in dressy styles is smooth in front, curves out from the waist, and develops more fulness in back...
...swimsuits the most important style of the year is the sleek, smooth suit. Elasticized faille is predicted a 70 per cent choice for swimwear this season, with vivid colors and stripes prominent. Cotton suits are noteworthy for their uncluttered look, and sleek lines are of course a natural in the knitted variety...
...Beast" is a story about a hairy Havana high school senior who doesn't fit into the group, goes to bed with a prostitute, and finds that the socially acceptable fairy queen of the high school is neither off-beat nor a prostitute. The author, Robert Grindell, is another smooth writer, but his plot lacks both unity and message. He handles sex well, but his characters are not up to the experience, shadowy sketches whom he seems only to have met, never to have known. The hero's hairiness is, like much of the characterization, inadequate. Yet where characterization...
...intended price gets a polished treatment from Guinness, although the part wastes his comic talents. He manages to carry off the royal role with a smooth blend of awkwardness and calm courtship...
Times for the six races were high due to the head wind and out-going tide, although, except for the wavy water at the start, the river's surface was generally smooth...