Word: bathtubs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Facts and Figures King Gustaf of Sweden skidded and crashed in his bathtub, took a header, bruised himself badly enough to have to walk with a cane...
Privacy in the Bathtub. Radar still has many limitations. Since it travels only in a straight line, it cannot "see" beyond the horizon. Because it cannot see through water or most solid obstructions, there is little chance that it will ever invade the privacy of four walls...
...Bois de Boulogne station the Bey was met by General Charles de Gaulle and whisked through flag-decked streets toward the Hotel Talleyrand, to freshen up for the ceremonies, which included the presentation by the Bey to the General of a silver bathtub...
...Cardinal's Bathtub. At 14 he entered Clifton College, which was noted for its "Roman stoicism and service suffused with Christianity." Though "it left too little room for the individual to develop ... there could hardly have been a cleaner school in England." New Boy Q decorated his room with knickknacks. Next day, the Housemaster pinned a notice on the school board: "The House is reminded that Corinthian embellishments consort ill with its tradition of Doric austerity...
...muted perfection of Miss Lillie's general performance, and in the excellence of the supporting players. It is in the way Clive Brook handles his stick and gloves, or invites himself downstairs for a drink with his former butler, or ribs "daring" pictures in a male bathtub scene which is the nakedest thing outside a travelogue in years. It is the tone in which Roland Culver murmurs "Many congratulations" after Mrs. Wislack's announcement that her income is ?25,000 a year. It is in Miss Withers' rejection of the Duke-the prettiest, quietest kidding of British...