Word: type
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...opening night their repertory-or their improvisations-came at times from the common hoard of satire and seemed aimed at the common herd. But even with phone-booth frustrations or bear-hugging mothers, with Tennessee Williams-type drama or the P.T.A., there were happy surprises. In fact, by combining the last two themes-by having Elaine act as P.T.A. chairman for an evening of Art and Mike act as the Southern playwright speaker-they reached the evening's peak. They reached it partly, perhaps, because each did a monologue in his own uninterrupted, unblurred style. When the two play...
...average customer is 24-25 years old, wears size 34B, and frequently (one customer in eight) wants padding in her bra. She is also hard to please. "A woman," says Mrs. Rosenthal, "is a very funny creature. You have to sell her the right size and right type, but what she wants to hear about is fashion. Not only do you have to be a designer; you have to be a psychologist...
...drawn into Allison engines through the 2-ft.-wide air scoops cause flameouts about 50% of the time-a danger that experts believe is also shared by the pure jets. Said Quesada: "There is absolutely no evidence that the Boston accident was in any way whatsoever associated with the type of structural failure that caused two previous Electra crashes. Any airplane encountering a massive flock of birds at low altitude, when its air speed is critical, is going to have trouble...
...loved him and a brother and sister who seemed never to arouse his resentment or cruelty. Their rundown, rented "villa" stood on a hillside in wild country that was a hunter's paradise. With his father, who had an antique shotgun, Marcel and a local Huck Finn type bagged enough birds to feed a battalion. They roamed the dramatic forests like the Comanches they pretended to be, and formed one of those enduring boyhood friendships that can later be seen as one of the milestones of a life. Young Marcel repaid his friend for the treasure of country lore...
...moderate, well-to-do suburbanite," a type on the increase in Ohio, could confound a lot of polsters, Mansell predicted. "The Republicans have had a hard time pinning him down, and the Democrats won't get to first base...