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Word: bathes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sheep and ten calves, Livingston Polk Ferris. Bell Telephone Laboratories Engineer, last week in Electrical Engineering, was able to state precisely why a person may drop dead upon being shocked by a small current of electricity. Such an accident may happen when a person, still wet from a bath, touches an improperly grounded electric light in the bathroom. Mr. Ferris and associates rediscovered a method of reviving such shocked persons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Shocked Hearts | 5/18/1936 | See Source »

...shouted: "Auf, Schiff!" at Friedrichshafen at 9 p.m. An hour later practically all passengers had tired of peering at the lights of Germany, adjourned to the bar. Stewards wandered about with telegrams. A man played incessantly on the aluminum piano. Lady Wilkins had the honor of taking the first bath in the icy shower. By midnight most passengers were abed. A few diehards like Lady Grace Drummond Hay sat up all night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Luftschiff at Lakehurst | 5/18/1936 | See Source »

Forward are comparatively luxurious passenger quarters. Inside are 25 tiny, windowless cabins, each with two berths and running water. Outside are the dining room and lounge. Connecting them are a companionway and two 50 ft. promenade decks with windows. There are seven toilets, one shower-bath. On a lower deck are the bar and a smoking room, first ever built in an inflammable dirigible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Luftschiff to Lakehurst | 5/11/1936 | See Source »

...same time. Fare and Pullman on the Los Angeles Limited between Chicago and Los Angeles is $82.28. Coach fare on The Challenger between the same points will be $34.50-almost down to bus levels. Travelers on the Los Angeles Limited have at their disposal a maid, hairdresser, barber, valet, bath, buffet, radio and soda fountain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: U. Progress | 5/11/1936 | See Source »

From his London interview with Meher Baba, Author Landau got little. But a female disciple in Manhattan gave Landau a graphic description of the holy man's entourage: "He gets up very early. . . . He takes a very hot bath, and his hair is attended to with the greatest care. . . . He then goes from room to room, stops for a while in front of every bed, looks at the sleeping person, and, no doubt, directs in his own way the life of the disciple for the rest of the day. . . . He never reads books, but he knows everything. . . . Baba does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Men, Masters & Messiahs | 4/20/1936 | See Source »

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