Word: eyelashes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week; the U.S. Senate finally beat down a series of bills designed to cut the" high court's prerogatives, especially in the field of security cases. But the cliffhanging margin of the votes was highly significant; i.e., on the key vote, the Supreme Court won by an eyelash 41-40 count...
...blood shows a certain concentration of alcohol. But some men and women get reeling drunk on a couple of drinks while others can swig a fifth and not show it. Also, a man who has been putting away half a dozen highballs every evening for years without batting an eyelash may suddenly find himself getting the staggers after one cocktail...
...came twice a week for the next 18 months. Albright rigged up an ingenious arrangement of black window shades that allowed him to concentrate the eerie light exactly where he wanted it. He brandished up to 25 brushes at a sitting, most of them not much thicker than an eyelash, applied them to a palette consisting of little mounds of paint no bigger than a pimple. It took two years to finish the portrait...
...time in getting to the heart of the matter in her interview with Gina Lollobrigida: "I've heard many arguments as to whether or not your focal point above the waist is larger and more shapely than Sophia Loren's." Gina replied promptly and "without batting an eyelash," Hedda reported: "I can assure you hers is larger." Concluded Hedda vaguely: "Loren's followers think Gina is too cold. Gina's fans say Loren puts too much stress on sex. It's pretty much the same pattern as Hollywood...
...Neuberger's victory by a 2,462-vote eyelash over Republican Guy Cordon (with an able assist from Morse) marks a major political upset in the Northwest: the Republicans' ancient and iron grip on Oregon (once as overwhelming as the Democratic thralldom of the South) has been broken...