Word: porcelain
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...mark. Unlike most modern drugstores, J. Leon Lascoff & Son sells nothing but chemicals, prescriptions, biologicals and a few special cosmetics. Within these limits, Lascoff's pride is to keep everything ("if we don't have it, nobody does")-e.g., a large, dignified, white porcelain jar of leeches, a commodity still in some demand for pugilists' shiners, stands just inside the door...
...Bates had one firm resolution: the Murray Hill must not change. He would not permit sandblasting of its dirtied outer walls: every brick was washed by hand. He spent half a million for renovations, but almost all went for duplicates of the original furnishings. Nothing new was added, except porcelain plumbing...
...Gilbert Co., famed for its metal Erector sets, has invented reasonable facsimiles in wood and porcelain. Lionel Corp. has substituted fiberboard model railroad kits, with "realistic roadside accessories," for their streamlined electric trains. Other ersatz build-it-your-self sets ran the gamut from Flying Fortresses and anti-tank guns to farms complete with milking pails, and three-ring circuses complete with rolling lion cages. There were cardboard guns that rat-a-tat-tatted just as if they were made of metal, Para-Commando dolls (with ammunition and food kits), miniature WAVES, WAACs and Marines, wooden roller skates...
...sleeping quarters were the rear end of one of the trucks fitted out with a desk, two chairs, couch, wash basin, toilet and shower. Along the route he added a porcelain bathtub. Over his bed he pinned a picture of his enemy, Rommel...
Canada's wartime Prices and Trade Board decreed two simplifications for Canada's tables last week: 1) it rationed butter to half a pound per week per person; 2) it ordered porcelain manufacturers to abandon fripperies, especially cup handles...