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...rubdown is finished without a body-giggling round of karate chops. Flatten the hands and vigorously pound with the pinky side. Chopping is fair game from the neck all the way down to the tush. Tip: Get the massagee to speak and listen to the fragmented tones. Avoid bodily trauma by striking lightly...

Author: By Rich D. Ma, | Title: How To: Give a Massage | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...seven months; they moved in for the bust in early August, hauling off four suspected prostitutes and 15 agitated men, some of them corporate executives spouting excuses about having got lost ("I was at the wrong place at the wrong time," said one) and about having expected only a rubdown ("My shirt was on. My pants were on," said another). Last Monday the brothel's alleged madam, Judith Kelly Dempsey, 46, returned to her $1.6 million home from a Las Vegas vacation, found that the usual assortment of lounging businessmen and $225-an-hour courtesans were missing and turned herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Little Whorehouse In Jersey | 8/24/1998 | See Source »

...nice box of HUGGIES. With clean water in such short supply in the stifling climate, everyone yearns for a chance to freshen up. According to an NBC cameraman who just returned from the front, war-weary journalists are bartering the diapers, which when moistened, provide a great rubdown, almost as good as a bath. Says he: "And they leave you smelling baby-powder fresh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Few Good (Sweet-Smelling) Men | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

...overall, 1-0 Ivy) prepares to host the Big Red (1-2, 1-0) at 1:30 p.m. today at The Stadium with the Ivy League lead on the line, Harvard Coach Joe Restic is more concerned about very recent history--namely, the Crimson's 35-14 rubdown at the hands of Holy Cross last Saturday...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: EYES ON THE PRIZE | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

...crew assembled, scrub brushes in hand. Its mission: to clean a year's worth of grime off the distinctive features of the 16th U.S. President. Once a year the 19-ft.-high statue of Abraham Lincoln at the heart of the Grecian-style memorial in Washington gets a thorough rubdown with special soap and natural- bristle brushes. Though Mr. Lincoln's baths are infrequent, their cost and duration are impressive. The twelve-hour cleaning set taxpayers back some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memorials: Old Abe Gets The Brush | 8/17/1987 | See Source »

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