Word: bathtubful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...boys fight a losing battle for the possession of their school; the rugby goals are replaced by lacrosse goals, the boys sleep in the gym, the headmaster in an obscure bathtub. Censorship is imposed on all outgoing mail ("...and mummy, the mistresses are sharing the masters' bedrooms...
...need fixing. Among his guests last week were three Canada geese, a very angry golden eagle named Sergeant, an albino cardinal, a mourning dove, two red-winged blackbirds and a raucous blue jay with a broken wing. Menaboni makes pets of many birds; ducklings have swum in his bathtub, bobwhites have made themselves at home in his living room and a screech owl has perched on his easel...
Grand Larceny. In Tulsa, under cover of darkness, thieves made off from Mrs. Estelle Franklin's house with her bathtub, gas stove, kitchen sink...
...announcement from NBC stated simply that "the return of Arturo Toscanini to the podium . . . has been postponed by the maestro." A year ago he had slipped in his bathtub and hurt his knee; this season, said the announcement, there had been a recurrence of the ailment. Fritz Reiner would conduct the first three concerts, beginning this week, and Toscanini's plans for the new season would be announced "at a later date...
Gone are the square, bloated, inverted-bathtub lines of the old models. The new cars are slimmer and more graceful (see cut). Said Packard Engineer Jesse G. Vincent: "We had to fall in line with modern design...