Word: rubs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nervous Rub. The entire House of Commons cheered Wilson's news, and Tory Opposition Leader Ted Heath even rose to welcome him "warmly" after his "long and arduous mission." But the euphoria did not last long. Two days later, the British Prime Minister was back in Commons, grey, grim, and rubbing his cheek nervously with the signet ring on his left hand, to report that "it is now clear that there is no prospect of agreement...
...Image Rub-Off. In search of what they call "image rub-off," dealers lend cars for local parades, but Detroit usually steps in when the occasion or the person is big enough. Miss America rides in an Oldsmobile, Miss Teen-Age America in a Mercury and Miss Junior Miss in a Chevrolet, all donated by the companies. During their visit to the U.S. in November, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon will have the free use of a Chrysler Imperial. For the Pope's recent journey to New York City, Ford supplied a custom-built bubbletop and 14 other Lincolns...
...hard life were redressed at the yardarm or, if the captain felt merciful, by the cat. One apparently incorrigible tar was flogged eight times in ten months. Sentences of 1,000 lashes were common. The man who survived his flogging got salt-the Royal Navy's antiseptic-to rub on his ribboned back...
These professionals live and learn in absolute informality under the guidance of Serkin and, since 1960, Cellist Pablo Casals, who annually makes the trip from Puerto Rico just for the festival. A clapboard barn has been turned into a communal dining room and studio; a second violin might rub elbows with Eugene Ormandy over a dish of veal and boiled potatoes, and everybody takes a turn at doing the waiting chores; last weekend two of the men on duty were Max Rabinovitsj, concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony, and Mischa Schneider of the Budapest Quartet...
...Your problem is quite simple," George advised. "The sounds result from friction between the fleece, the wire, and the watercress. Just rub vaseline over the lambswool, compress the watercress as tight as you can." Morris made these adjustments and sure enough, the mane was utterly silent...