Word: bathing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Family Circles. In Leeds, England, Robert Davies got a divorce after he charged that his wife pulled the bath mat from under his feet while he was shaving. In Los Angeles, Mrs. Calogera Cassaro, suing for divorce after 64 years of marriage, charged that although her 86-year-old husband is ablebodied, lately he has been living "in idleness, profligacy and dissipation...
...smooth stroke with a long easy run paid off with first place in the other races, also. Fred Richardson nosed out faster-stroking Russ Bath by a half length in 3:32 in the half-mile 155-pound race. This race was closely contested by four scullers until the last 20 strokes when Richardson and Bath slowly and steadily pulled away...
Students will have full care of their rooms in addition to an increased amount of waiting on table, pantry work, and bell duty. Maids will continue to take care of public rooms, bath rooms, and corridors. No girl will have to give up more than five hours per week toward the work program and the number of hours will probably run somewhat less in the larger halls...
When police last week took Paul to Kings County Hospital, Chief Psychiatrist Samuel Parker first ordered a cleanup: shave, haircut, bath. Physically, Paul was in pretty good shape, except for weakness of the leg muscles and bad teeth. He had once weighed 200 pounds and was down to 170. His answers were intelligent: when asked whether he had registered for the 1940 draft, he said he would not talk until he had seen a lawyer...
...year after "Emeritus" was added to his former title, Professor Shafer, feeling lonely and at loose ends, wandered into his beehouse. There he began to watch a mud-dauber wasp as she buzzed purposefully to the window sill, stretched her forefeet out like a kitten, and took a sun bath. She seemed to know exactly what she was about. In a matter of minutes Shafer's admiration was aroused and he found a new and absorbing interest in life. That...