Word: thinner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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People in Tears. Nixon also looked well, though considerably thinner since his surgery. He made no mention of Watergate all evening, for the most part confined his conversation to such topics as golf and Daughter Tricia's birthday the day before. He did, however, chat about the memoirs he is writing, and was agreeable to the suggestion that he might play some future role in the life of the nation. "He certainly did not lack confidence," a guest reported. "There was none of that hiding, sliding-away business...
...Ruth's full free swing was being copied more and more, and so was his type of bat, thinner in the handle and whippier, in principle something like a golf club. (Early in his career Ruth used a massive 52-ounce bat, but this slimmed down as Ruth himself ballooned.) Strategy and tactics changed. A strikeout heretofore had been something of a disgrace--reread "Casey at the Bat." A batter was supposed to protect the plate, get a piece of the ball, as in the cognate game of cricket. In Ruth's case, however, a strikeout was only a momentary...
True, in some ways the University feels the effects of the deteriorating economy. Rooms in dorms get less heat than they once did, and Widener cannot buy as many periodicals as in past years. Stringent budget cuts may result in a thinner course catalogue than students have been accustomed to, and less money is available for financial...
...austerity could produce some benefits, not so obvious at first, but no less long-ranging in their impact. Romantic asceticism would no longer be a viable philosophical alternative, and middle-class youths like myself would no longer feel compelled to renounce their roots. Americans would be a thinner, trimmer breed and hikes in the woods would supersede spectator activities such as horse races and the cinema...
Both in quantity and quality, the case against Nelson Rockefeller was disintegrating last week. Not only were the arguments thinner and shriller as an assortment of hostile witnesses appeared before the House Judiciary Committee, but Congressmen-Democrats and Republicans alike-were nervous about not having a Vice President at a time when the nation's economic troubles are deepening. Said Republican Pete Mc-Closkey: "The sooner Rockefeller can get over there, the more likely it will be that we'll get leadership and action out of this Administration, and both parties want that...