Word: trimly
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...accusation that I am a woman is incontrovertible," she allowed at another point, shaking her trim tricorn hat like a panache at the antifeminists. William Green, doughty president of the A.F.L., accepted the challenge. "Labor," he said grimly, "will never be reconciled to her appointment...
...under the direction of Guilherme Borghoff, one of Campos' chief aides. To set an example, the government barred price increases by such state-owned enterprises as the Volta Redonda steelworks, whose prices soared 148% last year. Though businessmen yelped when Campos raised taxes and suggested that they trim profit margins, they lined up to take the price pledge with a minimum of arm twisting. Says Max Pearce, the boss of Willys-Overland do Brasil: "Who can take the risk of not signing up?" New applications are pouring in so fast that CONEP has had to set up six branch...
...tanks with 90-mm. cannon and armored troop carriers, the 2nd Battalion of the 6th U.S. Marines rolled across the red dust of a once trim polo field on the western outskirts of Santo Domingo and moved cautiously into the war-torn capital of the Dominican Republic. As the columns churned down Avenida Independencia, past the empty side streets, people suddenly appeared in windows and doorways. Some waved. Others stared. A few spoke. "I wish the Americans would take us over," muttered a woman. A man near by sighed and nodded. "Since they are here, we had better take advantage...
...coming forward with an actual bill. There is good reason for this unusual procedure. By calling for a vote on the White Paper, which is likely to come within the next two weeks, he could shrug off defeat as not important enough to warrant resignation of his government-then trim the terms of his steel nationalization plans so as to win over the two or three marginal votes needed to carry his slim margin when the vote comes on the actual bill itself. Inevitably, the cry "slippery" rose again as Wilson pushed ahead with sly tactics...
...head "Justice for Powell" cocktail parties, which have helped to raise $16,000 to date. "I'm just," said he, "a poor parish priest." He will be poorer still if Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin has his way. The California Democrat has introduced a bill that would trim the Government salary of Powell's wife Yvette from $18,907 to a mere...