Word: trimly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senator in absentia in 1948, and was elected. In 1949, Grau having given way to Carlos Prío as President, Batista finally went home. Guarded by 20 soldiers, he lived at Kuquine, talking with politicos, playing canasta, and keeping in trim by working out daily on an exercise machine. There he bided his time until last month's revolt...
...gross revenue) in the U.S.; last year it was 22% v. a 36% national average. T.P. & W. also gets more freight mileage out of its diesels (11,000 miles apiece per month) than almost every other railroad. Once-scornful railroaders have a new description of the Tired, Poor & Weary: "Trim, Peppy & Wealthy...
...varieties of athletics, but lacks the fancy and expensive training devices found in many college field-houses. Ingenious Harvard athletes, however, have in part managed to make up for this lack of high-powered equipment. When obliged to take off excess weight in order to get in trim, Harvard wrestlers do quite well without a steam room. In the basement of the Indoor Building are steam tunnels so large that a man can easily run around in them--the combination of exercise and steam makes an ideal reducing agent...
...high with the top down. The 18-foot-long car has a 165-horsepower engine with a built-in air scoop in the hood to feed air to the carburetor, and a top speed of 135 m.p.h. Its instrument panel is finished in oyster-white leather, along with leather trim in the steering wheel and door handles. When it goes into limited production next fall, the Pan American will sell for about...
...high fashion. When the Red army marched into Berlin in 1945, she was shipped off to a camp in the Ural Mountains, did everything from mine coal to carry bricks on a Russian construction project. Designer Gehringer's clothes were as good-looking as his model. Samples: a trim, black & white silk print afternoon dress with a detachable overskirt that can be removed and worn as a shoulder cape; a white organza evening gown with a taffeta underskirt, hand-embroidered and studded with rhinestones (see cut). Although the clothes were brought in duty-free and for exhibit purposes only...