Word: trims
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...trim and excited as so many debs...
...children themselves none of this was as important as the prospect of a blacked-out Christmas. They planned to trim the bare steel girders of the big underground shelters and to set up Christmas trees, to have carols and mince pie. But the youngest moppets were afraid that London's anti-aircraft crews might shoot at Santa Claus...
Foxy, balding Senator Pat Harrison lost $14 at bridge to a Columbia Broadcasting System official, then bet him $15 to $10 that the Chicago Bears would trim the Washington Redskin footballers-and a further dollar-a-point on the score. Next day he took his cocky pal to the field, gloated as the Bears rioted to a 73-to-0 victory, earned him $83 at the rate of $1.38 for every minute of play...
...coast the rain fell and the grey Atlantic heaved in a 15-ft. swell. But some freighter crews, some fishermen, rolling under bare steerage way, saw a sight that made them forget the dull, grey weather. They heard the thunder of engines, saw the mist ripped open by a trim, broad bow, saw a tiny boat skim by, skittering off the tops of waves, pelting through others in a burst of spindrift. On her bridge they caught a quick glimpse of hooded men, goggled, drenched with spray, hanging on behind a tiny windshield. On her deck, if they...
...Science teachers from all over the Midwest have joined his Sunday throngs, seeking pointers on how to keep their own classes awake. For accuracy Mr. Dallwig checks his scripts, which he whips up evenings during the week, with the museum's learned curators. To keep his voice in trim, he gives up smoking during the 30-week season. He used to prefer being known simply as the "Layman Lecturer," but emerged from anonymity in a hurry after hearing that a woman in his group referred to him as that "wonderful Mr. Layman...