Word: masseurs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Blackymor," he was a scarred African Negro called James Montgomery-Majoribanks, who traveled about western Ireland peddling patent medicine. White hired the medicine man, who doubles as a masseur, to unstiffen the rusted joints of two rheumatic old villagers. The healing scene is comical, but writing of it, White manages to convey the dignity of the two crippled ancients and the courage of the lonely, ridiculous African. The story ends with a clink and a gurgle. "Our faces glowing with liquor, our eyes more flashing, our tongues volubly tripping and repeating, we had great concert of talk and narrative, admiring...
...MYSTIC MASSEUR (215 pp.)-V.S. Naipaul-Vanguard...
...write a book: 101 Questions and Answers on the Hindu Religion. ("Q. What is Hinduism? A. Hinduism is the religion of the Hindus. Q. Why am I a Hindu? A. Because my parents and grandparents were Hindus.") Eventually Ganesh stumbles on his true mission: a career as a masseur and mystical Hindu visionary. He discards his Western clothes for the traditional dhoti and koortah, nails a sign to his mango tree reading "GANESH, Mystic...
Erhard had taken himself to a Finnish sauna at a Black Forest resort last week to sweat off some of his 240 Ibs. in the steam bath and to be worked over by his masseur. The phone call was from Chancellor Adenauer in Bonn. Wrapping a towel around his midriff, the professor padded to a dressing-room telephone...
...basement of the Main building, which is closed entirely to the Ladies, there are a bar and the men's grill which serves dinners. Both are frequented largely by the younger set. Further on, there are a game room, a TurkishSteam bath, a masseur, locker rooms, the Squash court lounge with its television set, 11 singles and 1 doubles squash courts (reportedly the only one in the Boston area) and a deep freezer, often used for stocking the game bagged by club members...