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Word: curling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hair that "grows" by means of a winding device hidden in the head; another, "Joan Pa-looka" from the comic strip, is permanently scented, comes with baby powder and soap ($7). A new method of rooting hair in the scalp makes many dolls safe against countless hair-brushings and curl ings - until brother comes along with his toy barber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: The Christmas Stocking | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...second consecutive year, the drive will solicit funds from all but three of the graduate schools, Curl Sapers '53, drive chairman, said yesterday. The Law, Business, and Medical Schools run separate campaigns. Radcliffe graduate students and members of the Advanced Management Training Program will be included in the University Drive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soliciting Starts Tonight For $25,000 Charity Goal | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

...often have a transforming effect on the wearer's figure if she chooses the shape with careful attention to her good points. A plain cinch of uniform width on a short and chubby girl can be disastrously unappealing, since a wide fabric belt has a tendency to curl over at the edges. Many girls would do well to choose a shaped belt that tapers off and widens at strategic places, playing up the slender areas and playing down the padded ones. There is even a new invention, almost not a belt at all, which rides over the hips like...

Author: By George S. Abramfs, Erik Amfitheatrof, and Joy Willmunen, S | Title: It's A Cinch--The Hottest Seller on the Market | 10/23/1952 | See Source »

...Quick Curl. The Gillette Co. put on sale the Bobbi Pin-Curl home permanent, which eliminates the need for bulky curlers and a neutralizing solution. A woman simply applies the waving lotion, puts her hair up in special bobby pins and gets a wave overnight. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 14, 1952 | 7/14/1952 | See Source »

Self-Service Beauty. Manhattan working girls can now freshen up at the "Pamper House," near Rockefeller Center, before going on a date. For $1 a year, 25? a visit and dimes in slot machines, a tired secretary can take a shower, wash and curl her hair, manicure her nails, look at television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Products & Ideas, may 19, 1952 | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

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