Word: trims
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Trim, grey James Francis Byrnes tasted long denied sweets. Franklin Roosevelt had bypassed him as his choice for Vice President in 1944; for what it was worth, he was now next in line of succession to the U.S. Presidency. More important, Franklin Roosevelt had bypassed him as his Secretary of State, and Harry Hopkins had short-circuited much of Byrnes's advice when Byrnes was "assistant president." Jimmy Byrnes was now the President's chief adviser and chief policymaker...
Some day in the not-so-distant future, housewives may turn into ladies of leisure: they may have a trim, prefabricated power plant to do most of their house work. Dr. John J. Grebe, head physicist of Dow Chemical Co., has blueprinted a compact, 3,500-lb. unit which will cook, wash the dishes, wash, dry and iron clothes, freeze food and provide all bathroom facilities. The whole unit, says Grebe, is only a little bigger than an automobile and will sell for about the same price...
Retiring Secretary of State Ed Stettinius seemed satisfied with his new job (see Foreign Relations). Labor Secretary Frances Perkins put aside her black tricorn, unveiled two "private hats": 1) a broad, black-on-white sailor straw; 2) a trim white Panama with black veil. She seemed to enjoy the leavetaking. At a farewell party at the Statler Hotel she gave Senator Robert F. Wagner an astonishing kiss on the cheek; at another party she shook the hands of 1,800 Labor Department employes (see cut). Her plans: a month in Maine with her ailing husband Paul Wilson; beyond that...
Unexpected Stockpile. Major General Henry B. Sayler, the blue-eyed, square-jawed West Pointer who is top dog for ordnance in the European Theater, now thinks that close to 80% of all equipment on the Continent can be put into fighting trim faster than there are bottoms to take it away...
Across the Border? Since WPB has denied auto manufacturers the right to use nickel in their new civilian cars, the motor industry is up against the problem of getting chrome trim (nickel is required as a base for chrome plating). Because the U.S. likes shiny metal, some considered trying chrome paint or stainless steel...