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Word: bathtubs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dark side of the picture she lists Cronin's. "dirty, no towels, no paper, no soap;" the Crimson Network, whose non-functioning bathtub houses the beginnings of an archy colony; and the Copley, "big, with obsolescent pulll-chains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffedweller Avows Duncan Hines Incomplete, Goes Behind the Screens Gathering Data on Local Hostelries | 5/6/1947 | See Source »

Most Faithful Friend. In Baltimore, the National Safety Council reported, a dog belonging to Ruth Patterson spied a pistol on a washstand, put his paw on it, shot his mistress in the hand as she relaxed in the bathtub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 21, 1947 | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...demand for "key money," say $200, to speed negotiations. We saw only two apartments that had no dirty dishes in the sink. It was not that the maids were lazy. Rio as usual was suffering from a falta d'agua (water shortage). All but two had a bathtub of rusty water with a saucepan nearby for a dipper. Water ran briefly only at morning & night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Apartment in Rio | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

...Roof Rose. All went well until 9:45 one morning last week. Then the mixture blew up like a bathtub full of nitroglycerin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: The Amazing Brew | 3/3/1947 | See Source »

Unlike artier cameramen, Carder-Bresson has never felt the need of a studio or a darkroom. He still reloads his Leica under the bed, washes his prints in the bathtub. "Shooting a picture," says he, "is like shooting rabbit or partridge. Before shooting you think, you contemplate, you look, look, look, look. Then you shoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wink of a Glass Eye | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

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