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Word: lathering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...caught in the final rush there is nothing like an electric razor or a shaving brush to save the day. Women in such a predicament can easily rush to the corner drug store for potions like Lilac Vegetalor or Old Spice Shaving Lather...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men Like Ford Convertibles But Usually Get Cuff Links | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...problem was wrung out at a recent House Masters' meeting after the Student Council had worked itself into a sufficient lather on the subject, and the Masters have finally tossed the whole bundle back at Mr. Reynolds. The Vice-President should stamp his mark of approval upon this idea, for if he spurns the plan to install a battery of Bendixes, one of the best proposals of late for cutting student expenses will wind up a washout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Home Laundry Service | 3/18/1949 | See Source »

...Soap opera, which whips up its lather with crocodile tears, is replaced by readings of continued stories that stress humor and happiness in U.S. home life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fresh Country Air | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

...Hands. One of the eeriest features of television commercials is the disembodied hands whose busy work is described by disembodied voices. These ghostly hands are likely to snap. Ronson lighters on & off, or to whip up a foamy lather of Ivory Snow. Some advertisers just skip the hands and let the product operate mysteriously without visible human help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Sponsors' World | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

...time of the Dewey announcement, MacArthur supporters had whipped themselves up to a lather of confidence. Gathering in Milwaukee's Plankinton House, 200 MacArthurmen from 19 states met to listen to jubilant speeches by Wisconsin's Secretary of State Fred Zimmerman and ex-America Firster Lansing Hoyt, national chairman of the MacArthur-for-President clubs. The delegates talked hopefully of winning all of Wisconsin's 27 convention votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Journey West | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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