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Word: cleansing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Winthrop House selected Mrs. Maynaid, who takes home sheets for mending, helps buy furniture, and cleans neckties.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six College Maids Win House Honor For Extra Deeds | 11/26/1952 | See Source »

The men who first mixed the toothpaste that cleans your breath as it cleans your teeth had a major role in Colgate's history. In 1890, James Colby Colgate gave one million dollars to a school called Madison University in Hamilton, New York. Out of gratitude, the school's director...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toothpaste Czar Gives Tiny Colgate First Life | 10/18/1952 | See Source »

Big & small alike, however, are agreed on one thing: they have barely warmed up the market. Out of 40 million electrified American homes, only 338,000 have air conditioners. One trouble is the price. Room air conditioners cost an average $350, and package units run from $1,200 up. To...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Making Cold Hot | 5/12/1952 | See Source »

¶ Du Font's titanium-based paint, for exteriors. It "cleans" itself over the years by powdering off with the dirt.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Everyone a Painter | 12/17/1951 | See Source »

2. The University could adopt a plan similar to Yale's, whereby every student cleans his own room according to standards set by a group of inspectors. This plan has proved somewhat impracticable at Yale, where conditions are described as "generally messy."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Sky's the Limit | 12/6/1951 | See Source »

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