Word: bathing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bambridge, it took him three days to make an ashlar. Now he can turn one out in 15 minutes. Jamieson, an ex-butcher, has completed 18 months of his four-year apprenticeship. He finished second in a recent stonecutting competition to determine which of the apprentices would go to Bath, England, for special training. Next time he intends to be first...
...when he says, "Being a poor misunderstood millionaire is not really a topic that intelligent people can discuss for very long." As a sturdy vehicle for Roth's comic genius, Zuckerman may show up again: Will he travel to Prague and discover Franz Kafka as an aged steam-bath attendant? Will he beget children who grow up to be literary critics? Will he win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and have to return it when everything in the book is discovered to be true? -By R.Z. Sheppard
...Bath Iron Works in Bath, Me., officials anxiously await the Government contract order for more new $200 million guided-missile frigates. At Litton Industries in Beverly Hills, executives are putting final plans together for a $64 million expansion to accommodate expected new Pentagon business. A few miles away in Hawthorne, Calif., the Northrop Corp. is preparing to quadruple production of the Navy's F/A-18 fighter plane to two per month...
...nation had a patriotic bath with the hostage release and Inauguration ceremonies [Feb. 2]. Now let's see how long we stay clean...
...former hostages and members of their families walked up to reporters and TV crews, who stood behind barricades (yellow, of course). Most of the former hostages wanted only to express delight at being home. Kathryn Koob, accompanied by Elizabeth Ann Swift, said that the homecoming was "like having a bath in love." Added Swift: "We're all just walking around with silly grins on our faces." Jesse Lopez of Globe, Ariz., confided that his son James, a Marine sergeant, was "his old crazy self," repeatedly cracking jokes. What kind? "Unprintable," said the father...