Word: waists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Clerk Chaffee took one step forward, bowed from the waist to Vice President Curtis, read from a document...
...declared the winner by a close decision, was Eligio Sardinias, a young Cuban-born Negro with big round eyes, long arms, an antlike waist and the inadequate nickname of Kid Chocolate. Kid Licorice would suit him better. When he entered the U. S. a few months ago, he had no fame, although in Havana he had won 100 amateur bouts and knocked out 46 of his spidery opponents. In Manhattan his first professional rewards were coffee and frijoles given to him by informal fighting clubs in out of the way places. Now he has more silk shirts than...
Although the fight for stroke is the dominant problem at present, there are several possibilities for changes in the waist of the crew, but most of these must await the outcome of the stroking situation before they can be settled. Several changes were made yesterday including the tryout of E. I. Millard '31, a member of the class crew squad, at No. 6 in the Jayvees. None of the present shifts can be regarded as permanent for the first and second crews may present a far different aspect on the Thames from the one now seen on the Charles...
...Senior eights since both trailed the combination crew as well as the 1931 oarsmen. The 1930 eight stroked by McKesson rowed at a lower beat than its four rivals and although it came up fast at the finish the prow of the shell did not get beyond the waist of the combination crew boat. The latter with H. W. Sturges '30 in the stroke position was materially aided by a one length handicap...
...Hips remain sleek but relieved toward evening by billowy puff effects and prodigious furbelows. 2) Waistlines are rising to the normal waist, are frequently accentuated by belts. 3) Skirts have fallen irretrievably, with several Patou street models a full six inches below knee length, and many evening gowns with demi-trains. 4) Evening bodices are slimmer, with decolletage lower behind, higher in front. 5) Trig jackets-many reversible-are especially smart for city and sports. 6) Summer fabrics, very simple for day wear, with a startling revival of bright ginghams and even calicos. 7) Hats are even smaller and sleeker...