Word: homers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Giveaway Game. Since antiquity, when the beautiful Princess Nausicaa in Homer's Odyssey laundered her linen by placing it in a stream and then dancing on it, women have sought improved ways of washing clothes. Honey, bran, sheep dung and even putrid urine have all been used as cleansing agents over the years. Enzymes were introduced as home-laundry presoaks during the early 1960s in Europe, where they have long been used for removing stains in hospitals and slaughterhouses. Unilever, the huge Dutch-British soapmaker, markets enzyme laundry products in 20 countries...
...wish I had the voice of Homer...
...last war ends, we are shown a livingroom where four women of varying ages have lived through the surrounding hostilities. Their lives are empty except for that of the ten-year-old girl (Kate Soloman) who--in a single half hour--alludes to Homer, the Bible, Milton, James Joyce, and Lewis Carroll. The play smacks too much of a kind of self-indulgence that the author, David Richman, should avoid in the future. The bits of naturalistic dialogue that he does include are biting enough to be further developed in his next...
...Sprinter Homer Lane may be credited with making the afternoon bearable for Columbia fans. Lane was the meet star as he took first in the freestyle at 50 and 100 yards. In the 50-free, Lane recorded a time of 21.9 to break the existing pool and Columbia records...
...Lions do have a couple of swimmers worthy of mention. Their most outstanding competitor is sophomore Homer Lane, who has been winning regularly in the freestyle events at 50 and 100 yards. Lane was the first Lion ever to break 50.0 seconds in the 100 free, and is considered the most promising swimmer in many decades...