Word: bathroom
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from the dainty clutch of the modern female. The ordinary double bed with its feminine frills not only sins against good taste, he argues, but is no place where a man can be sick with comfort or die with majesty. Agush with strong and sensible views on everything from bathroom faucets to skyscraper spires, Milan's Ponti exuberantly looks forward to the day when walls twist like trees and look like vegetables. See ART, The Pleasures of Ponti...
PORTABLE TV SETS are dangerous when used in damp places, e.g., bathroom, laundry, basement, garden or poolside, warns National Safety Council. As a result of accidental electrocution of Chicago boy by portable TV set, General Electric Co. dealers henceforth will make safety check without charge of any G.E. portable bought by their customers...
...Break a Lease. There are mood albums, the record companies boast, for every member of the family and for almost every household activity. Still, the possibilities remain vast. Not yet in the catalogue: Music for Boozing and Music to Soothe Your Hangover, Music to Shave By (so far, the bathroom has scarcely been tapped), Music for the Analyst's Couch, Music to Beat Your Wife By and Music to Spoil Your Taste for Music...
...Marie-Claire woke in a shock. "Simone," she cried. "No. No." Dr. Evenou held her close in his arms. "There, there," he whispered tenderly. "Everything's all right." Marie-Claire relaxed. As the doctor stood aside, Simone struck once again. The lovers kissed. Then Simone went to the bathroom to wash her hands. And Yves Evenou went to the police station to tell them that his wife had been murdered. "Simone did it," he said. This seemed for the first time to disillusion Simone. "I have lost everything," she cried. "My lover no longer loves...
...trusted adviser. "What will I do?" he asked. The stark, unqualified reply: "Lay off that bottle." John McClellan thought for a moment, then his face turned hard. Said he: "I'm going to show you that I am the master of my own soul." He went into the bathroom, and when he emerged, there were two shattered bottles of bourbon on the floor. Drinking has not since been a problem with John McClellan...