Word: upswept
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Upswept hairdos may harm the future generation...
...ground, the P-59, needing no clearance for a propeller, presents an odd, squat profile with an upswept rear end (to keep out of the way of the hot blast from the jets). Ground crewmen give the plane a wide berth at its takeoff; anyone within 20 feet of the jets would be burned to a crisp. But in the air, the fuel is burned so completely in the combustion chamber that the jets show no flame, even at night. The openings in front of the plane through which air is sucked into the motor posed a problem: they also...
...faintly haughty, uptilted face and alabaster gaze were framed between a velvet choker and a brave upswept chignon. Her manner and her clothes were proud, yet just a shade on the bold side. She was seen everywhere-at fashionable parties and on bathing beaches, in books and magazines, especially Life, and in hundreds of thousands of real-life copies. She was the Glamor Girl of the Gay Nineties, the unforgettable Gibson Girl...
This quick-mixed success is the work of Milton A. Holmes and his wife Gladys L. Both are 49, both experts. Milt is a grey-haired, double-chinned efficiency expert; Gladys, a cooking expert. Her greying hair in soft upswept waves is matched by grey rims on her slightly upswept glasses...
...woman is stately Sara Pelham Speaks, who will be 41 on Election Day. An attractive Harlem politico with an upswept hairdo, she is a criminal lawyer, wife of a Harlem physician, mother of a four-year-old son. She has been in politics almost all her life. Her father ran a Negro newspaper in Washington, D.C. Last week the Harlem Republican Organization made her its nominee...