Word: barbering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...same time, the flag is a collage of collective memories and assumptions about what America is and ought to be. W.S. Barber, commander of a Houston American Legion post that will fly 1,500 flags along the city's freeways on Independence Day, spent three years in a Japanese prison camp during World War II. "I was out from under this flag for three years," he says. "It's a symbol that means apple pie and baseball, and a long, hard pull for me without it." Boston City Councilwoman Louise Day Hicks, who wears a rhine-stone-spangled flag...
...most pressing issue of all is the forthcoming round of Common Market talks, in which Britain's new chief negotiator will be Anthony Barber, who managed the recent Heath campaign. The view on the Continent is that the Conservatives' victory has enhanced Britain's prospect of joining Europe. Not necessarily. Some observers believe that Harold Wilson, who has never been as deeply committed to Market entry as Heath, may try to rally antiMarket sentiment in both parties as a means of thwarting the new Prime Minister's ambition...
...said that new tenants had also tried to obtain the buildings now rented by the Harvard Barber Shop and Hayes Bickford-who also rent through R. M. Bradley. But both businesses had been allowed to bid. Caragianes said. Hayes Bickford chose not to, and will leave its location before the end of summer...
Many are old personal friends of the Sheriff-the barber who cuts his hair and the owner of the barbershop, the son of a family friend, a former jail guard who had worked under the sheriff. One is a lawyer who happened to be in the courthouse and was impanelled at the last minute so that there would be a full jury. Many of those who are not the sheriff's friends had been recommended by friends, Garry says. And of the 20 members, 13 are between 50 and 70 years...
Parucca di Roma makes stretch toupees with synthetic hair that pull on like bathing caps and sell for $69 in department stores and barbershops. For only $5 more, at Gimbels in Manhattan, a barber will style the wig to the wearer...