Word: bathe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Schulberg and Harvey Breit) treats of Manley Halliday, who. if not wholly Scott Fitzgerald, is very much his blood brother. It treats of him, in a running narrative, in defeat; it shows him, by way of flashbacks, in decline. The razzle-dazzle days of the '20s, the champagne-bath marriage to an irresistible playmate and a hopelessly irresponsible wife, the dropping of bank notes like confetti, have left a writer as drained as his bank account. To get money enough to go on with a book, he agrees to work on a Hollywood film about college life...
...expected (TIME, Sept. 22), the new rules will encourage better housing even though they do not go as far as some critics wanted in costly upgrading. The two-bedroom and separate dining-room house formerly could have as little as 450 sq. ft. exclusive of bath; now it must have 500 sq. ft. Storage space for a two-bedroom unit could total as little as 250 cu. ft., now must total 350 cu. ft. Hallways, once unspecified as to width, now must be at least 3 ft. from wall to wall. Equipment must be better. The hot-water heater that...
...attacked the brick vault in the basement with a chisel. By Friday, one week after Parkman's disappearance, the janitor had opened a hole large enough to introduce light. A human thigh and pelvis were revealed. Other parts of Parkman's dissected body were found in a blood-bath around the room. Webster was arrested...
Children & Pets. Norman stoutly affirms that one great man was a hero to his valet, but wryly suggests that he had to be a bit of a hero himself. From bath to bedtime (often a cup of "real" turtle soup at 2 or 3 a.m. ) he had to look after the greatest package of will power and energy in the Western world. Also, he had to clean paint brushes and look after the remarkable Churchill wardrobe. In the uniform department, it was one of the most splendid seen in Europe since the fall of the Bastille. For the rest. Churchill...
...what a place! There were times when, for all his kind heart. Winston would be bellowing for Norman's blood-as once when the bath was too hot. How to deal with a man who kept rumbling in the tub? "Do you want me?" Norman would ask. "I wasn't talking to you, Norman. I was addressing the House of Commons." Winston would answer, and carry on with his muffled oratory while twiddling the taps with his toes...