Word: rubdowns
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Giannini allowed none of this to interfere with his joy in the simple life. Mornings he lay all but naked atop a bathhouse, his sun-blackened, 6 ft. 1½in., 215-lb. bulk streaming inelegant rivulets of sweat. He swam, indulged himself in a rubdown, sat up with a towel around his ample middle to address those around him in .a hoarse, booming voice...
...rubdown ends the session, but the grim shadow of Dr. Graham lingers on through dinner. Noticeably smaller on Harry Truman's plate are the once-hearty portions of his favorites-steak, ham, fried chicken, and custard...
...panned $87 worth of gold in six months) and adman. McKelvy got his idea in 1939 while sharing the apartment of a lady friend (absent) with another man. The roommate rummaged through cosmetics he found, just for fun gave himself the works-including a bubble bath and a cologne rubdown. He enjoyed it so much that McKelvy thought: "Why wouldn't other...
...done, the critics answered, burly Joe Ryan settled back into his pleasant routine: a rubdown at the New York Athletic Club, a swing along the docks to chat with his boys, the feel in his pocket of a horse-choking roll of green backs, careful attention to his fingernails and his bright ties-and above all vast quantities of food to nourish the Ryan paunch. Says contented Joe Ryan: "I like good food of all kinds, and I think my longshoremen want me to have...
...Roman ("Life wouldn't be worth a punched denarius"). Psychologists will nod retroactively when Marcellus has "reasons for surmising that [Antonia] was a victim of repression." Wodehouse fans will note the Jeeves-like quality of Bodyguard Demetrius ("You will need some heavier sandals, sir ... a shower and a rubdown put you in order. I have laid out fresh clothing...