Word: trimmings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only thing that the trim, 155-lb. bachelor enjoys more than his job is his bayside home in East Hampton, L.I. There, decked out in an ankle-length apron, he putters happily around his professionally equipped kitchen. A precise and sparing eater himself, Claiborne hates and rarely uses marzipan, marshmallows or iceberg lettuce, serves rigidly small portions to a constant stream of guests who range from curious neighbors to the giants of the profession...
...Jusceli-no! Jusceli-no!" chanted a handkerchief-waving throng of 3,000 at Rio's Galeão international airport. Then from the doorway of an Air France 707 came the man, still trim and agile despite his 63 years, his face split in a toothful smile, his right arm swinging in a familiar jaunty wave. Brazil's former President Juscelino Kubitschek-still admired by the people but loathed as a symbol of corruption by the present revolutionary government-had returned home after 16 months of self-imposed exile. Said he: "I have come back at zero hour...
...pressures of office ever do get to him, Keppel confides it only to his trim, sprightly wife Deedie (for Edith). The two live alone in a rented brick house in Georgetown; one daughter, Tracy, 23, who attended Bennington College and Boston University-but never graduated-is married, and a second, Susan, 18, is a freshman at Centenary College in Shreveport, La. "I love hearing about Frank's job," Deedie says. "I'm about the only person he can blow his stack with. Frank is just like his father. He leaves the cellar flooded and flies off to South...
...began with a few California surfers who could sew. The girls had imported bright, flowery muu muus from Hawaii to wear after surfing. But muu muus were originally thought up by missionaries to cover up the exposed breasts of the native women. The kids trimmed off the excess material, accentuated the bodice for trim fit, slit the skirt for free movement, and finished it all off with yards of ruffles and flourishes. When enough of the home-grown variety showed up on the street, store buyers decided it was a fad worth cashing in on. Selling...
Fulsome Apology. Instead of resigning the chairmanship, Passman last week chose the chastening task of managing a $3.3 billion foreign aid bill that he abominated-and had been able to trim by only $75 million, a mere nick by former standards. It was one of the strangest performances in the memory of the House...