Word: bath
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Take an air bath every morning...
...chance of a coalition. Said Labor's Lord Strabolgi: "Whether the King's government can be sustained or not depends upon whether a few gentlemen have temperatures which are up or down, or are perhaps in hospital, and can come and vote, if at all, only in bath chairs. That is an absurd situation...
...simple man, and especially since (as possible subsequent investigation by secret-agents Wyant and Poskanzer will bear out) I am only an English major. Yet the April 26th letter, by the individuals mentioned above, confuses me a little. Far from wishing to submerge myself in this blood-bath of fierce partystrife, I would merely like to tender timidly some thoughts which are in no way representative of anybody except possibly some other member of the great unwashed such as myself...
...Kumbh (holy urn). They fought a full-scale war with the demons for possession of the Kumbh, and won. As the angels flew triumphantly to heaven with the urn, four drops of nectar fell to the ground from the vessel. Where the drops formed pools, every pious Hindu who bathes may end his earthly cycle of births and deaths, and release his soul into union with God. Best time to bathe is Kumbh-mela (Urn Festival), which occurs once every twelve years in each of the four cities where the drops fell. Last month, it was Kumbh-mela in Hardwar...
...almost as if the U.S. woman just doesn't care enough. Take a Frenchwoman, going out for the evening. "She will have thought for hours about her entrance. If she is tired, she is simply 'not at home' all day . . . She may take a 'shade bath' (chaise longue, darkened room, eyepads) for two hours . . . Inevitably, a trip to the hairdressers . . . She knows her dress. If it is a line that stands better than it sits, she will spend the evening standing-and standing in a particular posture . . . Say what you will, the effect...