Word: impetigo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...contest, rescheduled from Feb. 15 after the Princeton team came down with impetigo, matches two young teams in what must be rated as one of the closest Ivy matches of the year...
Cold Prestige. Air conditioning has a way to go to win full acceptance. It helps banish heat rash and heat-induced impetigo (known as "Hong Kong blister"), but older Asians blame it for everything from asthma to paralysis. Some businessmen refuse to cool offices for fear salesmen will not venture out; since Asians assume that a closed door means an absent merchant, others suffer the high cost of keeping their air conditioners on and their doors open. The biggest inconvenience is that many offices, for reasons of prestige, are kept so frigid that Oriental secretaries have to wear a couple...