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Word: baths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Clean Getaway. In Phoenix, after William Pilling told police that he got off fairly easily when a burglar stole only $6 and a Stetson hat, he discovered that the thief had also taken a bath, left a ring around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 27, 1951 | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

...afoul of a fleshy Nero, are finally thrown into the arena where they organize the gladiators for a rousing game of American-style football. Sample scene: Nero's seductive wife Poppaea (played by Italy's top pin-up girl Silvana Pampanini) lolling in a vast Roman bath, clad in a flesh-colored bathing suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Slapstick on the Tiber | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

...Corporal Johnny Silver, he had been brooding for months over his broken singing career. "His shirt was open, he didn't have a hat, no laces on his shoes," recalls Silver, now a featured player in Broadway's Guys and Dolls. "He hadn't taken a bath in six months. He hadn't even taken his socks off in six months, and the guy weighed 287 Ibs. He just didn't give a damn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Million-Dollar Voice | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

...building leaks badly, there is little heat, and the sagging roof is so low that it is impossible to stand except in the center of the room. EUR][ One half of an abandoned garage was rented to a sergeant and his family for $50 a month. There was no bath, no toilet, no water. When a rat bit off the index finger of the sergeant's six-month-old baby, the landlady refused to let the sergeant's wife use her telephone to summon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Anything for the Boys | 7/23/1951 | See Source »

...People meet me on the street and ask, 'Have you been confirmed yet?' It's just like saying 'Have you had your daily bath?' I say, 'No, I still stink.' One of my friends asked me, 'Is your sickness just a convenient exit?' I told him, 'It's an exit, but it isn't convenient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Exit with Remarks | 6/18/1951 | See Source »

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