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Word: scanland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chicago, Charlene Scanland was primping in front of the bathroom mirror one morning when a hoarse voice came out of the medicine cabinet saying: "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?" Replied Charlene, without pausing to analyze the situation: "You are." Later, the owner of the mystery voice came around to find out who had answered the query so sweetly. He was a handsome bachelor who lived in the next apartment, but the story had no romantic ending for Charlene: he married her roommate instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The City: The Upper Depths | 11/23/1962 | See Source »

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