Word: upswept
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Like the "forward look" in new U.S. automobiles, the upswept bristles of Major Michael Woodfall's military mustache created an impression of dynamic motion even when the major himself was at ease. Alone his glorious mustache would have been enough to command the respect of the stoniest of Mayfair's headwaiters. But added to the mustache were such other facts as the fit of the Savile Row suits, which clung to his lithe frame with the easy perfection of a snakeskin, and the verve with which he followed hounds with the Cornwall Hunt...
...routine chores of visiting royalty. But her schedule allowed plenty of time for listening to throbbing calypso rhythms, watching native dancers and admiring the lush tropical countryside. At a formal dinner, Margaret set Trinidad society ladies atwitter with a modishly low-cut white silk gown and a dazzling new upswept coiffure...
...when Bop Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie took the stage with his quintet. Looking bemused and gesturing wildly, he set his cocked trumpet* to his lips and played Gabriel-like tones that sent chills up the listeners' spines. "See, that's a square bend," he explained, pointing to the upswept angle. "Well, I get a sort of square note out of there. When you say 'Pow-w-w,' it comes out like a pounding-like a pounding of bricks...
What Do You Expect? In Akron, Ohio last week Hildy proved that she could thaw her audience (paying a top of $3.50) even in the frigid atmosphere of an armory. Flitting from microphone to piano in front of her band, combing her upswept hairdo with both hands (an act which once caused a West Coast wag to nickname her "Miss Armpits"), Hildy got them all right into the act as usual...
...nephew of his predecessor and is also a blue-blood. His upswept nose and parenthetical legs will carry the hopes of thousands of Sons of the Blue today into his first Harvard-Yale contest...