Word: trimly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...U.S.A. Painfully elegant silver lame stiletto mule with chinchilla trim by Manolo Blahnik...
...thing people agree on--they all want Billy," said Lili (kindly refraining from adding, "just not in any more of those City Slickers movies"). Heeding our quality-of-life needs, Crystal last week consented to the gig. The Zanucks, producing the show for the first time, have pledged to trim the numbingly protracted broadcast. High on their list of priorities: nixing the perennially misbegotten dance routines. Crystal, yes; dance numbers, no. They don't call Hollywood the dream factory for nothing...
...enthusiasts, carnival workers and pre-frosh, just to name a few. Disparaging consultants should be easy by comparison. Consider: Investment bankers spend 18 hours a day entering numbers into spreadsheets. They "analyze data" and "run regressions." Consultants "work in teams" and "brainstorm." They figure out how to "streamline" and "trim the fat." "Let's get back to basics," they might say, pointing to a 3-D pie chart on their PowerPoint presentation. It was as though the Starr report had just come out and everyone was smoking cigars. And I couldn't think of a single sarcastic thing...
...while the council has attempted to tighten its collective waistline three times in the last three years, because the vote would require 75 percent of council support as a constitutional amendment, the strongly supported measures have failed. By taking the issue to the students, the council is hoping to trim the fat once and for all. What was disturbing about the debates on Monday night during which the idea of a council size referendum was introduced was the council members' lack of confidence in the student body. Even Presidential candidate Todd E. Plants '01 voiced fears about the student body...
...wasn't all that trim and girlish either. She was pretty zaftig...