Word: scipio
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Colgate advertisements have not based their arguments on modern facial trends alone. They have gone back to ancient times, citing the examples of the great military men of the old world and the new, Alexander of Macedon, Scipio Africanus, General Ambrose E. Burnside. They have pointed out that "when Alexander first took command of the Macedonian army he gave his soldiers the once-over and ordered them to cut off their whiskers lest the beard afford a handle to the enemy." They have quoted Pliny: "The younger Africanus was the first who adopted the habit of shaving every...
Professor Scipio of the Engineering Department is the chairman of a committee which is seeking to relieve the unemployment situation in the city. Under his direction a plan is being worked out to employ several thousand laborers in repairing the streets of the city. The Russians in particular will be given an opportunity to work on the streets, but the unemployed of all nationalities will be given an opportunity to work enough to keep themselves alive...