Word: bath
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...actually be avoided. Ely Devons, a professor at the London School of Economics, said on the BBC Third Program: "I am worried that the value of academic leisure is being overlooked...In throwing out the baby of reaction and conservatism in our universities, let us not throw out the bath-water of a thousand years of British academic tradition...
...subject of the thousand-year-old bath water leads us finally to the social aspects of Oxford. Our Princeton writer had to admit sadly, that (whatever he might say) "Americans will continue to attend Oxford." Why? "To live and travel in Europe, to acquire prestige and social acumen, to work in a leisurely atmosphere." This position may be called the "Best Thing about England is Paris" view...
...excerpts, Abramov follows Mysovsky on a day-long inspection tour of a typical collective. It is the middle of the harvest season, but one of the farm's tractor drivers shows up drunk and the other is stuck in a ditch; villagers are lolling about in the community bath houses instead of working the fields; for five months they have not received a single kopek of advance wages because there has been no money to distribute...
...order pads. While inspecting samples, King Hassan's face would light up or turn somber as he pronounced his verdicts of "Très distingué!" or "Passé." The King was said to "adore prints" and bought a total of 5,000 items, ranging from king-sized bath towels, "in every color combination imaginable," to beach togas, robes and blankets...
...auto design for Europe? Nope. A new yacht for Ford? Yes! Under construction at a Hague shipyard, the 100-ft. yacht has twin diesels for 18-knot cruising speed, a saltwater conversion plant, sumptuous guest cabins, and a master's suite with an Italian terrazzo-tile bath fitted with gold taps. Rumored cost: close to $700,000. "If one of my friends gets details about this boat," Ford told his builders, "he'll immediately order a bigger, faster, more luxurious...