Word: trim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Angry Generals. Premier Chang had long been aware that the greatest threat to his regime was the huge army. Nevertheless he pushed ahead with his campaign promise to trim 200,000 men out of the 600,000-strong armed forces, whose maintenance takes over half of the entire South Korean budget. That angered the generals; General Magruder and visiting Pentagon brass declared their grave concern at the troop cuts...
Right Face. Other Marxian imports are the nationalized foreign trade agencies. They also have proved a flop, the evidence being bare shop shelves and the sagging value of the Guinean franc. Toure has been forced to trim the power of the state import monopoly, allowing private traders to handle some foreign goods. This right face has led to a sharp split in Guinea's Politburo between Sekou Toure, who seems to be willing to try anything provided it pays off, and his militant half-brother Ismael, who thinks Marxism is the answer to every problem...
...memory of every steel producer is a 1959 Reynolds Metals- Co. radio commercial in which two loathsome characters named Rusty and Salty set out to feast on steel auto accessories but were frustrated by "rust-free aluminum" ("I'm having a bad time, Salty. This side trim is aluminum"). Setting out to do likewise, Great Lakes Steel has recently sponsored commercials in which "Lulu La Lumium," a Tallulah-voiced aluminum bumper, is constantly banged and bent by a steel bumper with a strong masculine voice. Sample dialogue...
...quickness and fluidity on the ground or in midair, to project emotion with vivid movements of arms, legs and body. But Bruhn long ago became aware that "technique is not enough," and he is remarkable for the feeling of tension he can convey by his mere presence. Poised and trim (5 ft. 7_in., 140 Ibs.), he somehow rivets an audience with the promise of action before he has danced a step...
...Jean Kerr's play is much more than a catalogue of one-line gags. The best laughs of Mary, Mary arise from character and substance; simple lines that are meaningless out of context ricochet around the stage and find their targets unerringly beyond the footlights. She knows how to trim her themes in light blue; but her humor is always basically decent?and universal. The man in Mary, Mary was, after all, married to the woman whose shoulder he sometimes tapped at 11p.m. saying: "Are you in the mood tonight? Because if you're not, I'm going to take...