Word: trimly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Playing a Southern belle was not a dream of mine at all," says Mariel Hemingway, 21. "But then the more I thought of it, the more I thought, 'Why not?' " Hemingway had gone from playing the trim, muscular pentathlete in Personal Best to portraying the voluptuous playmate and murder victim in the soon-to-be-released Star 80, with nude scenes in each. So a mere adjustment in her accent would seem a snap for her first stage role, in The Palace of Amateurs, which opens in two weeks in Dallas. At first, though, the Idaho-born actress...
Ralph Lauren, whose Southwest look a few seasons ago sparked interest in prairie skirts and cowboy shirts, is now touting a nautical line designed to make lifelong landlubbers look as if they belonged on a yacht. The centerpiece: a navy serge officer's jacket, complete with braided gold trim and shiny brass buttons...
Whichever American boat is tapped, its skipper will have more to worry about than the novel design of the expected challenger. Australia II's crew is also in superb trim. Once better known for hoisting pints than hoisting sails, the Australians are up at 5:50 each morning for an hour of calisthenics and road work. "The whole thing has become deadly, deadly, deadly serious," says Australia II Executive Director Warren Jones. "We train like commandos." The eleven-man crew enjoys impressive backup support. As Australia II was maneuvering before the start of a race last week, its carbon...
...designed to ease the buildup of farm surpluses by giving surplus grain to farmers who idle their land. The program, which some critics label a windfall, brought about a planned 27% drop in the corn acreage planted this year. In July the Government estimated that the reduction would trim the 1983 corn harvest to 6.2 billion...
...Politburo is trying to figure out what to do about social and economic stagnation; it is preoccupied with the pacification of Poland and its "peace offensive" in Western Europe. Those campaigns are harder to wage if international tensions are on the rise. Reagan has a budget deficit to trim, an unruly Congress to assuage and an election to contest. A summit with Andropov would help him outflank the Democrats on the war-and-peace issue. But the question still nags: What business can be transacted at a summit? Both leaderships have disclaimed any interest at all in a getting...