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...arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said: "Is not this Bath-Sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" . . . And it came to pass in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah . . . saying: "Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Thy Brother's Betrothed | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

...national soap manufacturers promised that its Quincy warehouse would give the stuff away by the carton to every Harvard student who splits his shower bath with a dry New York coed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Shower-Bather Gets No Soap | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

...first installed everyone was quite pleased with the professional sounding number, Eliot 4-4600. They agreed it gave an air of distinction to the room. At 8 a.m. on the next morning the phone rang. Someone wanted to order shirts. More callers that day wanted to buy rugs, bath mats, and diamond bracelets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Errant Phone Calls Plague Freshmen With Requests | 12/16/1949 | See Source »

...quiet and do not tempt others," 2) "plenty of fresh air ... is a prime necessity," 3) "at a party where [kissing games] are played, be sure to gargle frequently," 4) "if you feel 'all in' after kissing or being kissed take a hot mustard foot bath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 21, 1949 | 11/21/1949 | See Source »

...painting (by the U.S.'s George Francis) of Surjit Singh, an Indian, who works in the Security Council Library and is famed for his pale pastel turbans. One picture (by Denmark's Olav Mathiesen) of a shy nude and a knight was called Chaucer-Woman in Bath; Mexico's Victor Manzanilla-Schaffer, of U.N.'s narcotics division, contributed an abstraction which looked like a one-eyed blob of ectoplasm, called Ritmo (Rhythm). Asked a wag: "What's that? It looks like UNESCO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Island of Peace? | 11/7/1949 | See Source »

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