Word: handkerchiefs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cost of breakfast, 100 francs. Her car broke down half way to an appointment, so the final three-quarter -mile trip in a Velo taxi cost 300 francs. She took a member of the Consultative Assembly to a moderate-priced restaurant for lunch - 700 francs. Bought a plain white handkerchief to blow her nose in - 90 francs. Bought a weekly supply of cigarets, candy, toothbrush and powder- 25 francs. Bought a cheap diary to keep her dates in -200 francs. Dinner with wine at the Hotel Scribe (Army-operated - therefore inexpensive) 115 francs...
After a national runny-nose count, the indefatigable Dr. Gallup announced last week that 1) children under ten have nearly twice as many colds as people in their 20s, 2) more farmers (by a handkerchief's breadth) have colds than villagers and cosmopolites, 3) 21,000,000 citizens had colds between...
When the trackwalker said the police should be told, Ronald declared, "Sure, sure! Boy, what a tough guy! What a bandit!" But on the way to the station, the trackwalker got to thinking. Ronald had been gagged with his own handkerchief, and had tied himself up. Boy-wise policemen wormed out the rest...
...eight Nazi saboteurs who landed in the U.S. by submarine in June 1942 led the FBI to Krepper. As the FBI methodically ran every inch of the saboteurs' clothing through invisible-ink developers, an address appeared on a plain white handkerchief. It was: "Pas [Pastor] Krepper, Route 2, Rahway...
...Neill does nothing to tarnish the lustre of Tesla's eccentricity. A meticulous dresser, he never used a handkerchief or collar more than once, could often be seen in white tie & tails feeding pigeons on the steps of the 42nd Street library or St. Patrick's Cathedral. Because of an intense germ phobia, he never shook hands if he could help...