Word: bathes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After a brilliant career which included the tracking down of Mata Hari Sir Basil retired, a Knight Commander of the Bath, in 1921. In 1925 he was the object of a cause célèbre of his own when lie was arrested in Hyde Park with one Thelma de Lava on charges of indecency, public impropriety and attempting to bribe a policeman. Knowing that Sir Basil was not only a distinguished sleuth but the son of a late Archbishop of York, the British Penny Press gloated. Sir Basil claimed a frame-up. He was fined ?5 and costs...
...down-&-outs-let's start at the top . . . unless we are willing to say, 'Let them starve.'" Not long afterward the Cabinet split mortally and foundered. Down went most of Labor. Up went the Three. Old George, largely because he had built so many orange-colored bath houses in his home district, managed to get reelected. But as far as Labor was concerned, he had spoken his piece. Other men led Labor's great victory last week in London while Old George looked at the ceiling...
...serpent is forced underground again by the authorities, they might as well realize that he will return again and again, a little dirtier each time. Why not give the serpent a bath and recognize him as a pleasant and rather important member of society? John A. Strauss...
...develop, then let us particularly advise that you take extraordinary care to keep it from extending or getting worse. In such an event, it is especially important that you do not go out in the cold but that you remain in the warm indoors, take warm drinks, a warm bath and a laxative...
...Lines in the Williams infra-red camera was the speed with which the negative could be viewed after exposure. The long, tripod-mounted duralumin box contains its own "dark room." As soon as a portion of film is exposed it is fed swiftly into a developing bath, then into a fixing bath after which it is illuminated for examination. Elapsed time: 30 seconds. Thus a skipper can safely photograph his way through otherwise unnavigable fog provided nothing crosses his path at a distance less than his ship travels in half a minute...