Word: sparingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...left the average Egyptian totally unmoved; most of it is sold by weight for wrapping papers. Cairo housewives particularly like a magazine called Russia Today for wrapping bananas. "It doesn't tear so easily," said one. Nearly every machine in Egypt is Western-made, and for lack of spare parts and the money to buy them, many are on the verge of breakdown. Spare parts are urgently needed for dredges and other equipment used to keep the Suez Canal operating. Lubricating oil is so scarce that gas-station operators supply only favorite customers. Because of Nasser's controls...
Though many had the same interests, traditional Harvard individualism showed through. One freshman plans to major in "liberal arts," while another will concentrate in "truth." Three or four men emphasized their interest in sports cars, and one passes his spare time in fly-tying...
...Shoe vice president on temporary loan to Bendel, who will remain as director. Tall (5 ft. 6 in.), svelte (no Ibs.) and unmarried, Jerry Stutz was educated in Chicago's St. Scholastica convent school, won a dramatics scholarship to Mundelein College, where she switched to journalism, spent her spare time modeling for Chicago's Marshall Field & Co. After graduation she became assistant to the public-relations director of Chicago's fashion industry, in 1947 joined Glamour magazine, where she developed the accessories department and served as sportswear editor. In 1954 she moved to General Shoe...
WHEN Cover Artist Robert Vickrey was assigned to paint the portrait of Morocco's Princess Aisha, he flew into Rabat with TIME Correspondent William McHale, his easel, paints and two fresh eggs. Vickrey paints in egg tempera, needs one egg yolk for each sitting, always carries a spare egg in case of emergency. At their hotel in Rabat, said McHale, "I asked the bartender for two fresh eggs for my friend." The bartender replied: "Your friend, he is a magician?" Said McHale: "No, he's a painter." Asked the bartender: "He paints eggs?" "No," said McHale, "he paints...
...women, had the social and political climate of his time permitted it. One reason for his permitting men to take four wives was probably the fact that since his legions put their male enemies to the sword, Mohammed felt responsible for the surviving women (he commanded his followers to spare women, children and trees...