Word: handbags
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there isn't a wastepaper basket available, use your handbag." This is a saying which is so common that an Annex student can occasionally be seen carrying two or three handbags at the same time...
...Dallas (pop. 1,685), a woman died after being bitten by a rabid fox. All over a 19-county area, sick and crazy foxes have been seen charging out oi the woods, snapping wildly. In Whitemarsh township, a woman beat one off with a handbag. Near Devon, a boy blew a hawk-call and was charged by three of the beasts. Within the city limits of Philadelphia itself, a rabid fox was killed after it attacked three people...
...stating that "theatergoers who watched fully expected her (Bankhead) to pull a small, pearl-handled revolver from her handbag and . . . shoot both counsel and defendant" and "if it (a judicial system) didn't put her on the stand, it was probably in imminent danger of an attack with a screwdriver, too," TIME'S writer hit a new high in vilification, made the efforts of defense counsel sound like the drooling of the veriest novice...
CORCORAN'S in the Square, and Ganson of California present these two saddle leather standbys for under the tree. The larger handbag, at $10.95, is one of those special gifts, comes in black, red, or honey leather with a convertible shoulder strap. The smaller one, at $5.95, is ideal to squeeze into a crowded Christmas list. It comes in brown and natural shades. Corcoran's is also featuring "Shortie" Crescendoe gloves in black and white...
...detective was quoted, describing her eyes. "They are so intense, so animated that you can't catch the exact color." The Globe ran a headline: "'She's So Sweet,' They Said as Mrs. MacArthur Rode By." An eight column headline in the Traveler read: "Mrs. MacArthur Quickly Uses Gift Handbag...