Word: trimming
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...Funsters Trim Dudley...
...deep in debt ($4,000,000), he couldn't see his way out. Of his four expensive full-length features, only Snow White was really making money.* He had to trim his sails, give up his costly epics. He began paring his staff of 1,181 employes to a basic 450, and a long and acrimonious strike hit him. As a result he left Dumbo to his staff, for the most part played critic, suggesting sensitive little touches here & there...
...Cavite naval base and ahead, if the day is clear, the looming bulk of Corregidor, the Gibraltar that guards Manila. Close by he can see the merchantmen at Manila's big pier 7 busily unloading the precious stuff that he needs to keep his fleet in fighting trim...
...only a fanatic would have undergone the adversities Williams did until stopped only by physical collapse. His editorial in the final number tells how he and a Columbia classmate raised their brainchild from a simple mimeographed sheet to a trim, well-written magazine, complete with cover, photographs, and a few advertisements. But when his associate dropped out there was no one willing to replace him, even though the project was expanding, and demanding an increasing amount of attention. Williams found himself putting out each issue alone. There were plenty of jazz fans cager to chip in with feature articles...
Having unearthed a perfect draftee (TIME, Nov. 10), the Army got around to figuring out a composite one. He is quite a trim character, a little on the small side. He stands 5 ft. 8 in., weighs 144 lb., has a lean 31-in. waistline, a 33¼-in. chest, feet that can be fitted with 9½-D shoes. To keep him during his first year in the Army, the Quartermaster Corps shells out $404.65-$175.20 (48? a day) for food; $162.05 for clothing; $15.79 for individual equipment such as shaving gear; $51.61 for barracks equipment such as sheets...